Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!po.CWRU.Edu!axa12 From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar) Subject: Re: Using Macintosh SIMMS on a PC Compatible Message-ID: <1991Jun17.131201.11278@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: cwns4.ins.cwru.edu Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 13:12:01 GMT Lines: 12 Saurabh: Don't try doing it. I know that the SIMMS will not work in a PC (Mac SIMMs are 256k x 8 while the corresponding PC SIMM would be 256k x 9). PC SIMMs check for parity while Mac SIMMs don't -- Ashok Aiyar axa12@po.cwru.edu aiyar@cwbio.bioc.cwru.edu