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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STonehenge  PRESS RELEASE
Summary: Not on the ST, it isn't!
Keywords: STonehenge RAM Drive memory expansion
Message-ID: <239@obie.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 88 03:40:30 GMT
References: <2682@ihuxy.ATT.COM> <336@pbsdts.UUCP>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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In article <336@pbsdts.UUCP>, mce@pbsdts.UUCP (Mark Edwards) writes:
> 	DRAM is added 8 chips at a time...which means no parity protection.
> The product sounds fine except for this omission.  Is it too late to fix?

DRAM is definitely NOT added to the ST 8 chips at a time.  Due to the
16-bit memory bus on the 68000, the chips are added *16* at a time.  You
are correct in stating that the ST does not use parity-checked RAM, but
on systems like the IBM PC, the parity bit really doesn't gain you
anything.


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