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From: rharrie@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Memory speeds
Message-ID: <2306@ac.dal.ca>
Date: 21 Nov 90 12:30:35 GMT
References: <16892@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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Organisation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <16892@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, garlange@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Garlanger) writes:
> 
>  Is there any problem with running 2 memory simms rated at different
> speeds?  ie some rated at 120ns and some rated at 100ns.  Note 120ns is
> plenty fast enough for my 8mhz 286, but I can get a couple used 110ns
> or 100ns for fairly cheap.   Thanks,
> 
> 				Mark

If 120ns chips are fast enough for your machine, then any combination of
chips with speeds of <=120ns will function OK.  The speed on the chip
is just the maximum speed that the chip is certified for, not the speed
at which it functions.

R.