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Re: What good are Bios RAM tests ?

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From: Jochen Bern
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:56
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In <dmkasten.05bf@redorc.chi.il.us> dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag) writes:
>(giggle)... sorry, I cant help this..

>Maybe you should just get an Amiga, where you just go out and buy a RAM card,
>drop it in your machine, turn it on, and the system configures it for you. :)

Yeah. Great. PCs use SIMMs, which continue to get better and larger. My SUNs
use SIMMs. X-Stations use SIMMs. PostScript Printers use SIMMs. Probably
most other Workstation-Level Computers use SIMMs. And your Remedy for the
Incompatibility Problems which MAY arise is that we stick to some Manu-
facturer-fixed Memory Standard, where Improvements will occur when this
Manufacturer thinks that "his World" is ready to support it.

Note that I don't say "PCs are good" or "Amigas are bad", but for THIS Aspect,
PCs are much closer to State-of-the-Art Technology than your Amiga.

Just my .02 - If you don't like it, get my .45.
								J. Bern
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