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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Extended memory for IIGS
Message-ID: <15034@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 31 Jan 91 21:24:24 GMT
References: <427@generic.UUCP> <11737@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <11737@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>	The 1 meg * 8 ones are used by rational people, and the 1 meg * 9
>ones are used by IBM and other people who seem to want to 'waste'
>extra bits for hardware parity.

Memory error detection is not irrational, it's essential for anyone
who cares about the validity of the computations.  Indeed, real
computers go so far as to correct errors as well as detect them.