RE: tlug: Old SPARC SIMMs

["Jonathan Byrne - 3Web" <jq@example.com>]

-----Original Message-----

7ol : Tim Meggs <tim@example.com>

>I haven't seen the inside of a 1+, but of all the SPARCs, Macs and PC whose
>memory i've ever had occasion to work with, the old forefinger-and-thumb
>technique has sufficed.   The only difference i've ever noticed is that
older
>sockets have a metal locking clip instead of plastic.

These are plastic, but the thing is that the locking clips are not
accessible to fingers because they are in between the SIMMs.  Chris says to
just pull them straight up (note to Chris; you mean pull the SIMM straight
up, not the inaccessible clip, right?), so I'll give that a try whenever I
get around to doing stuff like that to the memory.  Right now, one side is
filled with 8 1-meg sticks.  I'll populate the other side with 4-meg sticks
as fully as possible.  If I happen to acquire more than 8, I'll pull some of
the 1-meg ones out and put in fours.

Is it OK to put 4-meg and 1-meg SIMMs in the same side on a Sparc as long as
each bank has the same size in it?

Thanks!

Jonathan Byrne <E-mail:jq@example.com>
Media and Content Section
3Web - Your Internet Solution! <URL:http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/index.en.html>


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