Re: MacPlus Memory Chips

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From: Martin Resnick
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 09:04

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> This may be a silly question (I know nothing about electronics) but:
> 
> I just noticed in an Apple ad that the SIMM boards for a MacPlus have
> nine (9) chips per board.  It seems to me that 32 256k bit chips equal
> one megabyte, not 36 chips.  What is the extra chip (per board) for?
> 
> Bob S.

Parity.

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Subject: Re: MacPlus Memory Chips
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