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From: rca@tahoe.cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Re: mixing 4MB and 1MB simms
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Date: 8 Aug 90 18:54:38 GMT
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|>In particular, can I buy 1 or 2 4MB SIMMs, or do they have to be bought
|>in pairs of 4? I.e., Can I use 8 1MB SIMMs and 2 4MB SIMMs?

Most probably you will have to buy them in increments of 4, as the NeXT has
32-bit memory and the SIMMs are organized 4Mbit*8bit. So you need 4 of them
to get to a 4Mbit*32bit organisation.

Ronald
        
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