tinyguy@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE) (09/20/90)
Hi, could anyone suggest what speed ram chips should I be using for 20MHz 386 system??? I think it's not a cached, so I assume I need a reasonably fast, perhaps 70 or 80ns chips.... It takes ZIPS. Thanks in advance. -TG
reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) (09/20/90)
The SIMMS in my Northgate 386/20 are of the 80 nS variety. jim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!ricks.enet!reisert 77 Reed Road Hudson, MA 01749-2895
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger) (09/21/90)
In article <4033@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> tinyguy@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE) writes: >Hi, could anyone suggest what speed ram chips should I be using for >20MHz 386 system??? I think it's not a cached, so I assume I need a >reasonably fast, perhaps 70 or 80ns chips.... It takes ZIPS. >Thanks in advance. > >-TG How many wait states does the system provide? Does it use interleaved memory access? The right answer depends on a lot of factors. 80ns will most surely be good enough. 100ns will probably work, especially if there are 1 or more wait states and/or it uses interleaved memory. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254