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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: simms & jumpers
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.215002.17627@math.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 91 21:50:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jan16.073130.19607@actrix.gen.nz> Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>What SIMM's did you bye, I tried to reply your E-Mail, but the System
>here in NZ. did a hick up. the ones that J.R. Allen recomends are 9 bit
>70 ns ones, as they can be used later for a PC. the Atari does not use 9
>bits but then they can be cheaper then 8 bit ones, the first STE to be
>shiped to NZ. had 9 bit SIMM's fitted...NOTE: there is no real need for
>anything faster than 150ns and 8 bit, but don't forget will you still be
>with this STE at the end of the year ????....

I bought 1Mx8 80ns, since they were pretty cheap. (I saw some 100ns for
sale, but no one even seems to sell 120ns or slower.) As for cost, in
the US the 9bit SIMMs tend to be 25% more expensive than the 8bit ones.
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  -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan

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