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From: cantie@acsu.buffalo.edu (bruce n cantie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 9-bit SIMMs for Macs
Keywords: SIMMS
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Date: 24 Jul 90 03:40:05 GMT
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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. .......

They will work just fine, atleast I hope they do, I have 8 Meg 
worth in my Mac II!






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