hardin@dino.cad.mcc.com (John Hardin) (01/29/91)
I *thought* a ("plain Jane") MacII's SIMM memory needed to be rated no
slower than 120nS. However, I called the Chip Merchant yesterday, and
was told by the saleswoman to whom I spoke that "120nS is not fast
enough - you need 80nS SIMMs." Can someone set this confusion
straight? (Personally, I think she was merely out of 120nS SIMMs and
wanted to sell me 80nS SIMMs! :-)
Thanks,
-jwh
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In article <HARDIN.91Jan29092602@dino.cad.mcc.com> hardin@dino.cad.mcc.com (John Hardin) writes: >I *thought* a ("plain Jane") MacII's SIMM memory needed to be rated no >slower than 120nS. However, I called the Chip Merchant yesterday, and >was told by the saleswoman to whom I spoke that "120nS is not fast >enough - you need 80nS SIMMs." Can someone set this confusion >straight? (Personally, I think she was merely out of 120nS SIMMs and >wanted to sell me 80nS SIMMs! :-) > 120ns is plenty fast-- I'm still using 120ns SIMMs in one bank of my 5MB mac II. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.
Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Jim Spencer) (01/31/91)
John Hardin writes in a message to All
JH> I *thought* a ("plain Jane") MacII's SIMM memory needed to be
JH> rated no slower than 120nS. However, I called the Chip Merchant
JH> yesterday, and was told by the saleswoman to whom I spoke that
JH> "120nS is not fast enough - you need 80nS SIMMs." Can someone
JH> set this confusion straight? (Personally, I think she was merely
JH> out of 120nS SIMMs and wanted to sell me 80nS SIMMs! :-)
You are right, the Chip Merchant is wrong BUT there really isn't enough cost difference anymore to justify the slower SIMM. A lot of places aren't even selling 120's anymore.
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