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From: tom@dvnspc1.UUCP (Tom Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: 100ns .vs. 120ns
Message-ID: <269@dvnspc1.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 89 20:24:17 GMT
References: <377@fantasci.UUCP>
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Organization: Unisys Corporation, Devon, PA
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In article <377@fantasci.UUCP>, jep@fantasci.UUCP (Joseph E Poplawski) writes:
> How bad of a speed difference would my UNIX V.3 for the 80386 system incur if
> I added 120ns chips instead of the 100ns chips it already has 2 meg of?  The
> system is a personal system with no more than 3-5 users on at the extreme most.
> 
> The reason I am considering the slower chip is mainly the price.
> 
> Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 

I was running Unix V.3 on a 16MHz 386 system for some time.  When I encountered
a problem that the system wouldn't boot, I sent it in for repair.  The
guys at the depot replaced my 16MHz board with a 20MHz one.  For a while I
continued to use my old 4MB memory expansion board that was rated for 16MHz.
I never encountered any problems with the slower memory, although I did
eventually get new memory.

Hope it helps.

-- 
Tom Albrecht