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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1Mbit RAM chips in an XT ?
Keywords: RAM memory XT
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Date: 9 Jan 90 17:16:20 GMT
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In article <25a12aed:3726.2comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP> akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) writes:
>I wonder if removing 1 meg from a 4 meg 386 motherboard will work.  While I
>don't personally have one, it seems that 4 meg is the minimum allowed, if
>using 1 mbit chips (on all the 386 boards that I'm considering for purchase)
>Your friend may have memory probs when he takes out the one bank of chips.
>Post the results so we'll know...

Your friend will definitely have problems if he removes one bank,  386 boards
have a 32 bit wide bus, and it takes 4 X 8bits to get 32 bits.  If you use
256K chips the minimum is 1 Meg of memory.  Also, most, but not all 386 boards
use SIMMs, while most XTs use DIPs, which are completely incompatible, it won't
work, don't even bother trying.

Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov             (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithley