> > Interesting that you should ask.  I ran into that problem on an IPX,
> > and found that nondescript IBM ram worked, as did nondescript Compaq
> > 72 pin ram.  The IBM ram was 12 chip from an old RS6000 machine, and
> > the Compaq ram was 2 chip, from an old Pentium Proliant desktop.
> > It was mostly a plug and try it.  It will either freeze, or come
> > up and report some errors, or work fine.
> > 
> > All my good IPX ram wound up in my Classic, but the IPX ram will usually
> > work in the Classic.
> > 
> > The random ram worked fine, for me, and rescued an otherwise ramless
> > machine.
 
> I realised that the SIMMs I was trying were 8M ones which were not supported.
> :-(

Darn....,  I was playing with the ram from a DEC pentium NT PeeCee crate
that I ditched.  It also worked fine in another IPX box.  I am finding
out that the ram is mebbie not quite so special as once thought, or
else everyone is using the same kind of ram in 16mb sticks.

Bob