[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Will 9 bit SIMMS work in a Mac+

baz@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Zenel) (03/05/91)

   Two simple questions:

1)  Will they fit?

2)  Will they work?

  Thanks in advance,

--Bruce Zenel,
  baz@cunixb.columbia.edu

amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) (03/06/91)

baz@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu writes [about 9-bit SIMMs in a Mac]:
>1) Will they fit?  2) Will they work?

Yes and yes.  Many 8-bit SIMMs these days are actually 9-bit SIMM boards
without the last chip on them.  The extra data line is ignored on the Mac.

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Amanda Walker						      amanda@visix.com
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