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From: James Taylor
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

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On 1 Apr 2000 06:24:51 GMT, 26$10$f3i99le@pir.net (Peter Radcliffe)
wrote:

>Errrrr, ELCs require parity to boot SunOS or Solaris without errors.
>You can run several free unixes with non-parity, however.

You mean this is OS-dependent?  I've been told that the hardware
addresses the 33rd bit in RAM to use as storage.
Hence, goes the reasoning, true parity SIMMs function as Nx33 even
though the highest three bits are unused.

Maybe it's time to swap some nonparity SIMMs into my LX.

-J

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From: James Taylor <jht@bellatlantic.net>
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