Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!shelby!neon!Kermit.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: 256K SIMMs from IIci (was Re: 256K SIMMS and the IIcx) Summary: 256K SIMMs from IIci work on most other Macs Message-ID: <1990Jun6.183846.4905@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 6 Jun 90 18:38:46 GMT References: <1990Jun5.202937.19854@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1990Jun5.162020.19019@agate.berkeley.edu> <15137@dime.cs.umass.edu> Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 26 In article <1990Jun5.202937.19854@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, I wrote > ... here's another question. The 1M version of the IIci is equipped > with 256K SIMMs with fewer RAM chips (2 per SIMM, I think - i.e., 4-bit > wide chips instead of 1-bit wide). Is there any problem using these IIci > 256K SIMMs on other models? I had a couple of replies - the summary was the "special" IIci 256K SIMMs will work on all other Macs except the portable and IIfx (and of course obsolete models before SIMMs were introduced). --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Noah Price : Sure, those are fine on any Mac (except the IIfx and Portable). The reason they are used is that the IIci requires "fast-page mode" which is readily available in 1 Mbit technology (i.e., 256K x 4 = 1 Meg bits, and is thus 1 Mbit technology), but hard to come by in 256 Kbit technology. From barrey@xlnvax.novell.com (Barrey Jewall): ...no problems... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks. Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu