[SunRescue] sparc 5 memory...

[Mike Nicewonger]

The Sparc 5 does NOT take 72 pin memory. It takes 168 pin DIMMs, 5 volt,
buffered, parity. The only machines I have ever seen that use that memory
are the SS4, SS5, and X-Terminal 1. Could your mate by chance be smoking
crack? :)

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "kebabthesheep" <kebabthesheep at yahoo.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 8:24 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] sparc 5 memory...


> Hi all,
>
> After contacting a mate at sun uk, I was told that the sparc5 takes
ordinary jedec dimms, of 4x72
> pin format.  It uses 64 bits of the 72 for data, and 2 for parity.  He
also said, that he has used
> PC memory in a sparc5 and visa versa, and that the 'fact' that sparc5 ram
is special, is just a
> myth.  (and a profitable one at that)
>
> Has anyone any experience of using PC 32Mb parity dimms in a sparc5?  What
about the sparc4?  I
> was lead to believe it was a 'cut-down' cheap sparc5, but that somehow
there *IS* something odd
> about it's memory requirements.
>
> I'm confused by all this - I don't want to spend hundreds of pounds on ram
for a couple of slow
> suns, which I was given for free, but equally I want to play with solaris
7/8...
>
> Dave.
>
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