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From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
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Subject: Re: 386 Memory question (simms)
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Date: 6 Jun 90 13:47:45 GMT
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Each 1mb x 9 SIMM can be addressed as 8 bits (+ parity bit). Because you
are addressing memory as 32 bit data, you must use 4 SIMMS in parallel to
generate all 32 bits. This is why you must install a minimum of 4 SIMMS,
regardless of capacity. For 256K SIMMS, this is 1 mb. For 1mb SIMMS, this
is 4 mb.

  Ken Mitchum KY3B
  km@cs.pitt.edu