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From: gmk@ucsc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: What type of memory does NeXTDimension take?
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Date: 11 Jun 91 22:23:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jun11.192727.1470@news.nd.edu> mahesh@next.nd.edu (Mahesh  
Subramanya) writes:
> 
> We're buying a couple (greater than one, less than three 8-) ) NDs
> over here at Notre Dame.  Looking at the price list, I see that the
> NDs come in 8 and 16 Mb configurations.  The question is, 
> 	What is the memory configuration?
> Does the ND take regular SIMMS? Are there 8 slots and they just stuff

yes there are 8 slots

> them with 1 or 4 MB SIMMS?  Or does the ND need some sort of wierd-ass
> memory device (like the Nextstation colour...)
It takes different DRAMM chips than the CPU board (I would hesitate to
use anatomical terms for their description) . I just bought 8MB
256Kx36 80ns SIMMs 8MB	at South Coast Electronics, 800-289-8801 for $590.-
> 	Further, is there any advantage in upgrading the memory of
> the cube itself??
yes, it speeds it up if you have large jobs
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