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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: ZIP installation/testing
Keywords: RAM, ZIP
Message-ID: <27651@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Date: 6 Aug 90 23:18:28 GMT
References: <12713@june.cs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk)
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In article <12713@june.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
>
>Hello hardware friends.  I am asking hypothetical questions about installing
>ZIPs by onesself.  
>
>First, here are the reasons I am considering this:
>4)  Krueger Co in Tempe AZ sells unconditionally guaranteed ZIPs 
>	(refurbished) for $5.75/chip.  That's $92 vs. $256!

I just got my NEC D424256V-10's from Insight Electronics (Dallas) for
about $7.50 new (don't have the actual price handy).

>My questions are:  should I try to find sockets to install the RAM into?
>I hear they are really hard to find, but some people have found them and
>had no problems with them.  Most people have given up.  

AMP makes them. My receipt shows:
Part # 2 3820073 - 20C DIPLOMATE Z
      (^ Not sure if this was part of it or not)

They were recommended to me & they worked quite nicely.

>Second, once the chips are installed, how do I test them?  I don't think the 
Don't know yet. Will try to determine if the A590 Ram Test will apply.

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