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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Question: How fast must memory for 12Mhz At be ?
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Date: 29 May 91 00:48:27 GMT
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whitney@reed.cs.unlv.edu (Lee Whitney) writes:
>To answer your question, you would be better off using your RAM for an
>XT (8086 based) computer.  150ns is generally too slow for a 286
>computer.

Gosh, I guess C&T must be lying when they say on the front of their
CS8221 NEW ENHANCED AT DATA BOOK that they support 12 MHz operation
with 150 ns DRAMs. But then, you probably don't know what page mode
or interleave operation are. In fact, I'd be willing to bet a dollar
that you've never even read the C&T NEAT data book.

>If everyone on the net tries to help a little rather than
>mock someone trying to learn, we can have most of our questions
>answered.

Yes, and with answers like yours, whose relationship with reality is
only accidental. Any answer is better than no answer, whether or not it
is correct?

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The media is in the business of distorting people's perception of
reality, by emphasising the out of the ordinary.