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Subject: Re: Mac SIMMs vs. PC SIMMs
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Date: 21 Jun 91 04:13:47 GMT
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In article <1991Jun20.191113.8626@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, pardue@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jon Pardue) writes...
>From "Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets," Larry Pina, 1990, page 205:

>"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-

>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 ...

This is one instance in which PC hardware costs the same or more than
Mac stuff.  There's no real point in hunting for parity ram for a Mac
unless you want to upgrade a IIfx.  The market for used RAM chips will
probably continue to be good among Mac users;  I wouldn't worry about
wasting $$ by investing in 8-chip SIMMS.  Best investment you can make
for a Mac ....              -- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)