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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can PS/2 1M SIMMs be used in a Mac?
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Date: 11 Mar 89 05:21:24 GMT
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In article <41e20b2b.10342@fir.engin.umich.edu> swerling@fir.UUCP (Ace Swerling) writes:
>In article <4966@cs.utexas.edu> cmkuo@cs.utexas.edu (Chin-Ming Kuo) writes:
>>I can get a real good deal on some 85ns 1M SIMMs for PS/2 (x9), thus I
>>am wondering can these SIMMs be used in a Mac? I know the speed is not
>
>From what I've heard, IBM and Mac SIMMs are exactly the same except that the
>IBM ones have an extra chip on them.  What I heard was that you shouldn't go
>out looking for IBM ones because you have to pay for a extra chip.  But, if
>you can get a good deal, there's no reason why it won't work.

I've had 9-chip SIMMs in both my Mac Plus and my Mac SE/30, and it works
just fine.  The Mac ignores that extra chip.  As to the 85ns speed, that
shouldn't be any problem at all.

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