Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: 4 MB SIMMS prices? Anyone put 4 MB SIMMS in their cub Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 90 16:54:13 GMT References: <56smithw@physc1.byu.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 12 In-reply-to: smithw@physc1.byu.edu's message of 19 Mar 90 23:16:48 GMT In article <56smithw@physc1.byu.edu> smithw@physc1.byu.edu writes: >Anyway, looks like you >have to install SIMMs in 4 slot blocks ... Well, the bus is 32 bits wide and a SIMM is 8 bits wide. As you can't leave one "side" of the bus empty, you must add SIMMs in blocks that fill the width of the bus. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.