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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SIMMs for IIsi - what do I need?
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Date: 15 Dec 90 03:55:54 GMT
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In article <twsd2n13pa@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
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>This myth seems amazingly persistent in the Mac community.  It makes no
>difference to anything except your pocketbook if a SIMM is faster than
>it needs to be.  You can mix and match to your heart's content as long as
>each SIMM meets the *minimum* speed requirements.  They just all have to
>be the same *size*.

Talk to the Apple.people who wrote Tech Note 176... They are the promulgators
of the myth, and the people I always cite (as flame retardant) when I
mention it.

Does anyone know WHY Apple says this?

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