mahesh@next.nd.edu (Mahesh Subramanya) (06/12/91)
We're buying a couple (greater than one, less than three 8-) ) NDs over here at Notre Dame. Looking at the price list, I see that the NDs come in 8 and 16 Mb configurations. The question is, What is the memory configuration? Does the ND take regular SIMMS? Are there 8 slots and they just stuff them with 1 or 4 MB SIMMS? Or does the ND need some sort of wierd-ass memory device (like the Nextstation colour...) Further, is there any advantage in upgrading the memory of the cube itself?? Enquiring mind(s) want to know.... -- ******************OPENLOOK??? EX-TER-MI-NATE!!!************************ Mahesh Subramanya INTERNET: mahesh@darwin.cc.nd.edu Senior Analyst Office of University Computing University of Notre Dame Voice: (219) 239-5600 x6421 Notre Dame, IN 46556 ************************************************************************
gmk@ucsc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.192727.1470@news.nd.edu> mahesh@next.nd.edu (Mahesh Subramanya) writes: > > We're buying a couple (greater than one, less than three 8-) ) NDs > over here at Notre Dame. Looking at the price list, I see that the > NDs come in 8 and 16 Mb configurations. The question is, > What is the memory configuration? > Does the ND take regular SIMMS? Are there 8 slots and they just stuff yes there are 8 slots > them with 1 or 4 MB SIMMS? Or does the ND need some sort of wierd-ass > memory device (like the Nextstation colour...) It takes different DRAMM chips than the CPU board (I would hesitate to use anatomical terms for their description) . I just bought 8MB 256Kx36 80ns SIMMs 8MB at South Coast Electronics, 800-289-8801 for $590.- > Further, is there any advantage in upgrading the memory of > the cube itself?? yes, it speeds it up if you have large jobs -- Gottfried Mayer-Kress gmk@goshawk.lanl.gov gmk@sfi.santafe.edu gmk@ucscc.ucsc.edu gmk@pegasos.ucsc.edu (NeXT mail preferred)