Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dcl-cs!aber-cs!cho
From: cho@aber-cs.UUCP (C.H. Orgill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 9-bit SIMMs for Macs
Keywords: SIMMS
Message-ID: <1969@aber-cs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 90 16:34:12 GMT
Reply-To: cho@uk.ac.aber.cs (Chris Orgill)
Organization: UCW,Aberystwyth,WALES,UK
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A local dealer says he can beat U.K. SIMM prices by supplying 9-bit
SIMMs instead of the 8-bit ones.  Apparently the 9-bit SIMMs fit in
something called a PC :-) so the pricing is more aggressive. I looked
inside my SE and lo, the 8-bit SIMM cards have unused holes and
tracking for an extra chip. Does the motherboard just not run tracks
to the extra bit ? Will they work o.k. with just a little more heat or
is the SIMM interface more complex ?

Regards,

Chris Orgill,				tel +44 970 622447
Research Associate,
Computer Science Department,		 cho%cs.aber.ac.uk@uunet.uu.net (ARPA)
University College of Wales,		 cho@uk.ac.aber.cs (JANET)
Aberystwyth, Dyfed, United Kingdom. SY23 3BZ.