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From: pkr@maddog.sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Question on MacIIci w/parity and 80HD
Keywords: MacIIci
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Date: 13 Nov 89 21:34:46 GMT
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In article <6443@merlin.usc.edu> ctan@aludra.usc.edu () writes:
>Could anyone explain the advantages or disadvantages of having the parity
>option for the MacIIci ?  Are there potential problems by not having
>parity checking?  


The addition of parity was/is a near-pure marketing decision by Apple.
Business purchasers tend to prefer machines with parity as it implies
that the machine is somehow more "reliable".

In real life, it merely gives you a choice between Excel bombing and
a nice system dialog box telling you you've just bombed. :-)

ECC is another matter.


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