casey@CS.UCLA.EDU (10/18/88)
It's been hinted at a couple of times that NeXT doesn't have any error detection on main memory. Is this true? If so, what was the rationale not to put it in? (I would assume cost vs. functionality.) If not, what kind of error detection[/correction] is being used? (I would assume parity for reasons of cost/complexity.) Also, what specific SIMMs are being used? Someone claimed 1Mx32 bit, with 16 sockets on the board, but that would give you 64Mbytes. I'm also unaware that there are 1Mx32 parts, but since my exposure to SIMMs is minimal, that could certainly be all my fault. Casey -------- The American public wants to be lied to. They want to be told that they are the envy of the world. They want to be told that things are ok. Dukakis points at the serious problems that must be addressed and proposes some of the hard decisions that he thinks will be necessary. Bush tells us that everything is wonderful. Who's ahead in the polls?
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (10/26/88)
In article <16901@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> casey@CS.UCLA.EDU (Casey Leedom) writes: > It's been hinted at a couple of times that NeXT doesn't have any error >detection on main memory. Is this true? If so, what was the rationale >not to put it in? ... Probably because modern memory chips are much more reliable than the 4Kb and 16Kb clunkers that caused the rush to error correction. -- The dream *IS* alive... | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology but not at NASA. |uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu