Re: Mac SE SIMM question

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From: Chris Plummer
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1989 21:53

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In article <2874@mace.cc.purdue.edu> ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes:
>In article <1570010@hp-ptp.HP.COM> steve@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Witten) writes:
>>What size SIMM's do SE's use to make up their standard 1 Mb -- 4 SIMMs @
>>256 Kb each or 1 SIMM @ 1 Mb each?
>>
>>Steve Witten                    steve%hp-ptp@hplabs.HP.COM
>
>SIMMs don't work unless installed in even numbers, if I understand things
>correctly.  One 1 meg SIMM would not work alone.  The Mac SE (or any Mac
>that ships with just 1 meg RAM) has four 256K SIMMs.
>
>Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong ...
>
>
>John O'Malley           / Macintosh  / Purdue University / (317)
>mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-1787

The SE and the Plus have 4 SIMM slots and require SIMMs to be installed
in pairs.  The SE/30, Mac II, Mac IIx, and Mac IIcx have 8 SIMM slots
and require the SIMMS to be installed in groups of 4.

Chris Plummer                                              AppleLink: PLUMMER1
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From: cjp@Apple.COM (Chris Plummer)
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Subject: Re: Mac SE SIMM question
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Date: 10 Aug 89 21:53:18 GMT
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