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From: cmclark@predator.rs.itd.umich.edu (Charles Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Mac SIMMs vs. PC SIMMs
Keywords: nine-chip, eight-chip, interchangeable?
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Date: 22 Jun 91 00:30:16 GMT
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pardue@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jon Pardue) writes:
>
>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,

Yes this is true.  I've done it.  (but why should you trust me when you
don't trust larry, and you must've paid the big bucks for his book
because you thought he knew what he was talking about ...)

cmc