Re: SIMMs for Sparc Classic

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From: jason andrade
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:00

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cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick) writes:

>In <35AEF7DA.D399C1C0@nabaus.com.au> Danny Lee <del@nabaus.com.au> writes:

>>    I'm interested in acquiring some extra memory SIMMs for my Sparc Classic.
>>The Hardware FAQ on sunhelp.com.au points out that I'll need a 60ns 72pin SIMM
>>with parity.  My question is, will any SIMMs with this specification from any
>>PC/electronic hardware vendor work in a Sun Sparc Classic?.....or are the
>>SIMMs that are used in the PC world different from the ones used in a Sun
>>workstation?

>Standard 33-bit (single-bit parity) SIMM's will work fine. I don't know if
>the Classic (or it's cousin the LX) support 36-bit (full parity) SIMM's or
>not though.

i believe you can use the full parity SIMMs in the LX (and classic).  However
it had to be 60ns or better memory or you run into problems.  A lot of the
72pin, FP memory out there is 70ns memory (which works fine in IPXes).

-jason
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From: jason@dstc.edu.au (jason andrade)
Subject: Re: SIMMs for Sparc Classic
Date: 1998/07/21
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