* At 2004-02-06T02:05-0800, systems engineer wrote:
: 
| they took some serious heat for the proprietary 72-pin simms in the indigo3k,
| so decided to use standard memory, even at the performance penalty. (the 3k
| simms included part of the memory controller.)

Standard and standard...  The R4000 Indigo uses the same type of memory
as the Indy does, IIRC, so you need full-parity 36 bit 72-pin
gold-connector SIMMs in identical quadruplets.  These are rare to find
in a PC, but you can find 4x32=128MB kits on ebay for $30-40 (and
4x16=64MB and 4x8=32MB kits for less).

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Stian Sletner