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From: hilchey@ucs.ubc.ca (Paul Hilchey)
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Subject: Re: Installing third party 4 meg simms in an IRIS 4D/20
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Date: 12 Jun 91 19:10:28 GMT
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In article <8382@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, scfisher@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Fisher) writes:
|> In article <33517@usc.edu> walker@sulu.usc.edu (Walker J. Seestedt) writes:
|> 
|> |>Recently, in the interest of getting more memory into our SGI Personal
|> |>IRIS 4D/20, we have purchased some third party memory from Kingston
|> |>Technology Corp.
|> 
|> BTW, I think I remember hearing that the early 4D-20's wouldn't work
|> with the 4 meg SIMMs.  Anyone remember?

I was looking into this not long ago, and the answer I got was that "Most 4
megs simms don't work, but there are one or two that do.  Be sure to get a brand that is known to work."  The source for this was a salesman at Andataco who 
didn't elaborate as to which brands work.