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From: woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods)
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Subject: Re: SIMMs for IIsi - what do I need?
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Date: 18 Dec 90 15:33:22 GMT
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>> as they all meet the required speed or faster this is acceptable.
>
>This is not exactly true now is it?
>
>I just went to move some 80ns SIMMs from my IIfx into my IIx.
>Guess What? They do not fit. Sockets are different sizes.
>
>Am I missing something here? Different speed SIMMs have different
>socket dimensions, right?
>
>tim.

OK, so there is an exclusion.  The fx is the only mac currently on the market
that uses a different SIMM than the rest.  It is designed similarly to ones
on the Laserwriter IINTX - not the same speed, (untill now) but same design.

It has more pin connections than the 'regular' SIMMS for the rest of the
mac line.  Different speed SIMMS are not different sizes.  It is just
an engineering anomaly in the IIfx, but will probably become a standard
as apple produces faster macs.

Blacksheep
Senior Systems Engineer
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