> On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Gordon W. Ross wrote:
> 
> > > Date: Mon, 5 Jun 95 16:39:02 -0400
> > > From: Kenneth Stailey <kstailey@eagle.dol-esa.gov>
> > 
> > > My Sun 3/60 blew a SIMM (parity errors at boot.)  I replaced it the
> > > same day with a 3-chip 70ms 1x9 from Egghead.  I just thought I'd
> > > mention that it worked.  I could have probably got a better deal
> > > (~$98US for 2 of them) if I wanted to wait.
> > > 
> > > Ken
> > 
> > Actually, 100 nS. is good enough for the 3/50 and 3/60
> > (maybe even for the 3/2xx but I'm not sure).
> > 
> > Gordon
> > 
> Actually all the Sun machines up to the SPARCstation 1+ use 100ns (and 
> slower in some cases) ram. 80ns and 70ns work fine too but, beware of 
> 60ns ram. I have had many problems getting away with 60ns SIMM in a few 
> of the Sun machines. The going price for a 1mb 100ns 9bit SIMM seems to 
> be about $15-$20 on the net so, don't waste your money on faster SIMM.
> 
> 				David Case

SIMM??  SIMM??  I've got no SIMMs!  Strangely enough, my 3/50 and
3/160's do not have SIMMs.  They are using 120ns DIP's [I believe they
are 256Kb's as well] 8(.  Wish I could convert them.

- doug

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