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From: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Reasonably priced IIfx???
Message-ID: <23538.2620efdc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 90 20:26:04 GMT
References: <7616@goofy.Apple.COM>
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In article <7616@goofy.Apple.COM>, rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes:
> References:<9573@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <1990Apr08.043521.1151@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <2337@network.ucsd.edu> <10939@portia.Stanford.EDU> <2338@network.ucsd.edu>
> 
> Be careful about RAM. I'm not the expert (so maybe I shouldn't speak up) 
> but I think the IIfx requires faster RAM than a II or IIx (and maybe even 
> a IIci). You can't assume that your used II has RAM that will work in the 
> IIfx.
> 
> Any experts who can confirm or deny?
> 
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You can be *certain* it won't work...
The IIfx uses 64-pin SIMMS!
"Old" RAM won't work at all... and the 64-pin SIMMS are only available
from Apple (can you say proprietary?)
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Chad Irby
ac08@untvax
ac08@vaxa.acs.unt.edu