monger@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Patricia Monger) (03/30/91)
Thanks to everyone who replied to my plea for help re adding simms to my 4d/25. For those who asked, the consensus is that you CANNOT mix 4 mbyte and 1 mbyte simms. Actually, a guy from Kingston told me this, too (AFTER i bought the simms - albeit not directly from Kingston), but when i told him that my sgi glossy brochure said that the 4d/25 could hold 24 mbytes of memory, he was puzzled, too. Luckily, i heard from some generous soul who had posted an exhaustive set of test results in this newsgroup last September (well, but i didn't pay attention then...). I unfortunately didn't save the header of his message, so i lost his name, but i'm sure you are out there, so thanks very much. Maybe you could post those test results again, if you see a clamour for them in the newsgroup. As to how to get 24 mbytes into the 4d/25 without using a combination of 4 mbyte and 1 mbyte simms? You use 2 mbyte and 1 mbyte simms! who'd a thunk it? Patricia Monger McMaster University Hamilton, Ont, Canada