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Subj:	Re: PC memories good for new AlphaServers/AlphaStations?

From: house@wrksys.dec.com (Kenny House)
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Subject: Re: PC memories good for new AlphaServers/AlphaStations?
Date: 1 MAR 95 10:51:47
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In article <28FEB199500344407@axcrnc.cern.ch>, kassapidis@axcrnc.cern.ch (Kassapidis Panayotis, CERN) writes...
>	Hello all!
> 
> Does anyone know if PC
> memory SIMMs (72-pin flavour), can be used in the new AlphaStations
> and AlphaServers from DEC? 

    Industry standard 70-ns / 36-bit / 72-pin SIMMs can be used SO LONG AS
    THEY MEET SPEC.  Our qualification testing has found some SIMMs that
    don't meet spec, and don't work in our systems.  These parts may well
    work fine in some PCs that don't push them to the limits.  Whenever
    we've found a particular SIMM (vendor, size, speed) to fail, component
    testing shows that the SIMM does not meet industry standard specs.

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