| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2982.1 | | TARKIN::LIN | Bill Lin | Wed Apr 09 1997 12:31 | 6 |
| re: BOOKS::RAPHAELSON
Your system with 16MB and Win95 is very usable. (sp?) I have that
very machine and configuration at my parents' house.
/Bill
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| 2982.2 | Do you really want to spend $$ on 30-pin SIMMs? | JULIET::HARRIS_MA | Networks Sales Exec | Wed Apr 09 1997 13:33 | 8 |
| BUT, if you have to go out and pay premium dollars for 4meg, 30-pin,
SIMMs, then buying a new motherboard with 72-pin sockets is a much
better use of your money. At *some* point you WILL buy a new
motherboard, and you WILL wish you had not spent good money on 30-pin
SIMMS. (I think 30-pin SIMMs are actually much more expensive then
72-pin SIMMS today.)
Mark
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| 2982.3 | More Q's? | BOOKS::RAPHAELSON | | Wed Apr 09 1997 14:02 | 11 |
| Well, I suppose I could think about using 72 pin simms and those
adapter boards. On the other hand, when I finally upgrade the MB I
could use osme of the simms on my SB32, which has 30 pin simm slots.
Do the 72->30 pin adapters work?
I have two non-parity 72 4 MB simms displaced from my Starion when I
upgraded it with 16 MB simms. WOuld those work on the Opal Cyrix board
with the adapters, or is the 4 X 9 30 pin simm the Opal board book
calls for a parity design?
................................Jon..................................
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| 2982.4 | 72-to-30 pin adapters are VERY, VERY rare... and expensive! | JULIET::HARRIS_MA | Networks Sales Exec | Wed Apr 09 1997 14:26 | 9 |
| 72-pin to 30-pin adapters are almost IMPOSSIBLE to find. I actually saw
them once. (Everyone carries the 30-pin to 72-pin variety, it's the
OTHER DIRECTION that is very, very strange since it needs to plug into
ALL FOUR SIMM SOCKETS in the 'bank').
Anyway. You are stuck. The cost for the adapter board was very high too
($50?).
Mark
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| 2982.5 | | AXEL::FOLEY | http://axel.zko.dec.com | Wed Apr 09 1997 15:51 | 11 |
|
If it were me, I'd bite the bullet and get a motherboard/CPU
combo. A fast 486 with 72-pin memory. Use the 2 4MB SIMMS
you have and get a 30-->72pin adaptor. These are easy to find and
not expensive if you use your DEC discount at CompUSA.
Now you have a decent motherboard with 16MB of memory and a
fast 486. Shouldn't cost you more than $200 total.
mike
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| 2982.6 | MB's... $under $2- | JULIET::HARRIS_MA | Networks Sales Exec | Wed Apr 09 1997 16:40 | 11 |
| Actually, several of the motherboards I see in the mailorder places have
both 72-pin and 30-pin sockets for memory. SOme even have a VLB slot.
I saw one MB, with a SINGLE VLB slot, some 30-pin memory sockets, and
the rest PCI slots and 72-pin SIMMS. AMD K5-75 and this type of MB
would run you well UNDER $200 these days.
(VLB/PCI combo boards impact overall MB performance, but you can re-use your
video card if you so choose. Otherwise, go all PCI, and get a $50 VIRGE
PCI Video card too!)
Mark
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| 2982.7 | | WRKSYS::INGRAHAM | Andy | Thu Apr 10 1997 16:11 | 2 |
| I haven't looked; but shouldn't he be able to pick up some 30-pin
SIMMs cheaply from other people upgrading their old 486's?
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