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From: bdahlen@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Robert L. Dahlen - U. of Denver USA=)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: RAM simms
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.224415.4523@mercury.cair.du.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 22:44:15 GMT
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In article <1991Feb15.175232.13497@news.iastate.edu> GR.MRB@isumvs.iastate.edu (MARK BERAN) writes:
>In article <1991Feb15.020037.29706@news.nd.edu>,
>mandell@mozart.helios.nd.edu (Dan Mandell) writes:
>>Do the newer Zeniths require special Simms?  What's different about
>>Zenith's memory access?
>>
>>
>Zenith machines do not use any SIMMs that could be called unusual.
>I did read an article in some journal or other that listed Zenith
>amoung a hand-full of companies who used non-standard memory in an
>attempt to keep selling their own over-priced memory.  That just
>isn't true.
>
>The Zenith 248/12, 286LP/8, 286LP/12, LP+, 386SX-16, and 386SX-20
>all use common 256Kx9-bit and 1Mx9-bit 80ns SIMMs, available from
>literally thousands of sources.  Be careful though.  Some of those
>sources really aren't very good.  
>
>The Zenith 386/20, 386/25, 386/33, 386/33E, and I believe the new
>486/25 all use what are becomming very common, 256Kx36-bit (1M)
>and 1Mx36-bit (4M) 80ns SIMMs, available not from thousands of
>sources, but certainly from hundreds.  They are basically the same
>SIMMs which IBM, HP, AST, and others are using.  

We have had very good luck with SIMM's and prices from two companies:

South Coast 800-289-8801 5 Yr. Warranty (best for 36bit)
Technology Works 800-688-7466 Lifetime Warranty (best for Mac)

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