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From: THROOP@GRIN1.BITNET ("Throop,Henry B")
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Subject: Re: speed loss
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Date: 18 Apr 91 14:56:03 GMT
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[toddpw writes about RAM refreshing]

Do other computers (Mac, IBM, for example) also suspend the CPU occasionally
to refresh the DRAMs, or do they have a seperate coprocessor or something
like that to do it?  While the issue of the 'actual' speed of the gs has come
up many times, I've not heard people arguing about whether the original PC
was 4.77, or something slightly less.

Does this have anything to do with why IBM systems use 9 RAM chips (for
parity checking?) where 8 do in the gs?

Henry
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