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From: pardue@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jon Pardue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Mac SIMMs vs. PC SIMMs
Keywords: nine-chip, eight-chip, interchangeable?
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.191113.8626@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 19:11:13 GMT
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Greetings, netters!

From "Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets," Larry Pina, 1990, page 205:

[words in *asterisks* were italicized in the original]

"PC SIMMs are the same physical length as Macintosh SIMMs but they contain
 nine RAM chips instead of eight.  These work fine in PC's *and* Macs.  Eight-
 chip Mac SIMMs *only* work in Macs.  If you have access to nine-chip SIMMs,
 or if you might need to use them in a PC someday, don't hesitate to try them.
 Assuming they're first quality nine-chip SIMMs, they'll give equally good
 service, in either machine."

Is this true?  I'm not about to mess with my SE/30's internals to test it,
but it would sure be nice to hear that I can upgrade using some of these 1 meg
PC SIMMs floating around here ...

- Jon
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