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From: dwong@david.esd.sgi.com (David Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: 4MB simms on IRIS 4D/25
Summary: prom version
Keywords: 4MB simms
Message-ID: <45879@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 7 Dec 89 01:35:49 GMT
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> I have tested 4Mbit simms on a 4D/25 without problems.  I took it
> all the way to 64Megabytes.  However, you need to be at a certain
> rom revision in order for the 4mbit simms to be recognized.
> I believe the revision is 3.2 rev E (I would really appreciate
> someone at SGI confirming this).

All versions of PROM should be able to figure out the type of SIMMS
you are using, either 1MB or 4MB.
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					David