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From: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: 386 memory
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Date: 19 Nov 90 19:14:29 GMT
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In article <johnm.658973712@tasman> johnm@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (John B. Miezitis) writes:
>
>I have a Zenith Z-386/20 sitting on my desk. It uses SIMM's but the SIMM's
>are incompatible with most other common SIMM's. I was told by our service
>company that the SIMM's are the same as those used in the IBM PS/2 machines
>however after ordering some which were labeled IBM I could not get any of 
>them to work. I tried them all in the first position because I knew the 
>configuration should work. Zenith 1Mb SIMM's are *NOT* cheap.
>
>	If anybody can clear up this mess *PLEASE* let  us know.
>
Maybe.  When I went shopping for SIMMs for my Z248/12, the Chip Merchant folks
in (San Diego?) that I called asked what model Zenith I had and verbally
confirmed that their pieces would work.  They did.  You might try asking, as
even some of these mail-order memory shops know enough about systems to know
this could be a problem.

Also, I just got a catalog in the mail from some PC mailorder place with a
familiar sounding name (it's at home now) that offered Zenith 386/20,25,33
compatible SIMMs for pretty fair prices (80 ns 1 MB for something like $80).
They had a separate ad for IBM SIMMs (PS/2) and another ad for "generic"
SIMMs, so I think this place knows that differences exist.  Want a pointer
on the company and a phone number?

"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids*