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From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Disk and memory questions
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Date: 21 Sep 90 21:50:30 GMT
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In <1990Sep21.193734.19067@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gooley@aquinas.csl.uiuc.edu (Mark. Gooley) writes:

>What kind of SIMMs does a new NeXT take, anyway?  Mac SIMMs (8-bit)?  IBM-
>clone SIMMs (9-bit)?  Some godawful obscure SIMMs that are available only
>from the company (unless you want to cobble up your own from the available
>varieties?  1M or 4M or what?

The NeXTstation uses SRAM SIMMs, the NeXTcube uses DRAM SIMMs.  Both are
for 8-bit types, although an earlier poster said that parity (9bit) type
could be used/supported or something.  S = Static, D = Dynamic?  Not
really sure, but that's what the specs I have say.

>Mark., lusting after a fast Unix machine of his very own

Ditto!

-k