jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips) (06/03/91)
Currently 1MB and 4MB SIMM sticks are readily available. Does anyone know where I can get my hands on 8MB or 16MB SIMM sticks? If they don't already exist (which I don't think they do), when will they? Any contacts? Thanks. -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ Jeffrey J. Phillips UUCP: jjp@necis.nec.com @@ @@ NEC Technologies, Inc. PHONE: (508)635-6077 @@ @@ "UNIX isn't a philosophy, it's a way of life" - anon @@ @@ CASUAL DISCLAIMER: Opinions are mine - definitely not corporate policy @@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) (06/05/91)
From article <1425@necis.UUCP>, by jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips): > Currently 1MB and 4MB SIMM sticks are readily available. Does anyone know > where I can get my hands on 8MB or 16MB SIMM sticks? If they don't already > exist (which I don't think they do), when will they? Any contacts? Thanks. > -- > @@ Jeffrey J. Phillips UUCP: jjp@necis.nec.com @@ > @@ NEC Technologies, Inc. PHONE: (508)635-6077 @@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I take it that this is an American part of the japanese NEC. They are shipping 16 MB SIMM samples now (I believe). Talk to your corporate headquarters. Unless of course the American side STILL can't get any cooperation from the japanese side (which is the way it was when I used to work for NEC America a couple of years ago). -- john gay. jgay@digi.lonestar.org --
mike@bria.UUCP (mike.stefanik) (06/06/91)
In an article, jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips) writes: |Currently 1MB and 4MB SIMM sticks are readily available. Does anyone know |where I can get my hands on 8MB or 16MB SIMM sticks? If they don't already |exist (which I don't think they do), when will they? Any contacts? Thanks. Perhaps I misunderstand (which isn't unlikely :-) but I thought that the SIMM spec maxed out at 4Mb? -- Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic Title of the week: Systems Engineer | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If MS-DOS didn't exist, who would UNIX programmers have to make fun of?
mas35638@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike) (06/06/91)
On a similar note, does anyone know if the Hewlett-Packard Vectra QS/20 is capable of taking 4MB SIMMs? There is no reference in my manual to putting those beasts in there, in fact it says that you have to buy an add-on card to go above 8MB, but maybe it's old, I dunno. Anyone? Mike Stangel
newbery@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Santiago Newbery) (06/07/91)
In article <276@bria.UUCP>, mike@bria.UUCP (mike.stefanik) writes: |>In an article, jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips) writes: |>|Currently 1MB and 4MB SIMM sticks are readily available. Does anyone know |>|where I can get my hands on 8MB or 16MB SIMM sticks? If they don't already |>|exist (which I don't think they do), when will they? Any contacts? Thanks. |> |>Perhaps I misunderstand (which isn't unlikely :-) but I thought that the |>SIMM spec maxed out at 4Mb? |>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |>-- |>Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic |>Title of the week: Systems Engineer | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike |>---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- |>If MS-DOS didn't exist, who would UNIX programmers have to make fun of? Not so, my HP EISA 486 has sockets that will accept 1/2/4/8 Mb SIMMs. However, these sockets have 72 contacts, and the memory organization is 1 Meg * 36 bits for the 4 Mb SIMM. (they are word-wide memories, so that is used as 1 Meg * 32 data bits, plus 1 Meg * 4 parity bits). HP does list 8 Mb SIMMs in its catalog, but they are ridiculously priced at $5300 / stick !!! (:-> I'm sure there must be much better sources... N.B. Most PC's use the older byte-wide SIMM's which are organized as X Mb * 9 bits. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Santiago Newbery <<<<>>>> newbery@stout.atd.ucar.EDU | | Software Engineer Voice: 303-497-8762 | | Surface & Sounding Systems FAX: 303-497-8770 | | Atmospheric Technology Div. | | National Ctr. for Atmospheric Research | | Boulder, CO. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) (06/07/91)
I have recently heard from a friend that got back from an IBM trade show that IBM-Japan has produced a 256 megabit dram chip. Surely this means that 256 megabyte simms are only a few years down the road. Disclaimer: This is, of course, second hand information so I make no claim towards its validity. -- Douglas Bell "... but that's not important, that's just numbers." dab6@po.cwru.edu Dr. Wu, Math Professor