Need buying advice for 386 and Unix

[Richard Foulk]

>I have yet to find a memory module that you can't plug in.  Whether it be a
>Mac, Sun, 286, or 386 box.  If you buy chips from places such as the Chip
>Merchant, you are subject to what they have in stock.

That doesn't follow my experiences.  I've found that a very popular
brand of SIMMs doesn't work reliably in a couple different brands of
motherboards I've seen.  Samsung; doesn't work with Mylex and a no-name
I've used.  Sun machines also seem to be brand specific.

>Admittedly, some memory modules work better than others.  My 386SX motherboard
>manual lists a long list of memory that has been tested to work by
>manufacturer and their part number.

In the universe I live in, either your RAM works or it doesn't.


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Richard Foulk		richard at pegasus.com