[SunRescue] sparc 5 memory...

[Matthew Haas]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Bran Tregare wrote:
>
> Local Reseller recently had some oem'd sparc 4-110 Mhz machines that used
> 72 pin simms.  they were AT&T branded. I think they had been in use at the
> telco...
>

I had the opportunity to crack open an SS4 case this evening... the beast
had (visibly), 5 memory slots... then after the SBUS/MBUS (whatever it
has) was another similar slot, just apart and on the other side of the
slot. There were 168-pin DIMMs in the sucker. This was an 110MHz SS4.

Although I will also believe that there could be variations of the typical
unit... I can practically swear that I once saw a Sun IPX box (NOT IPC)
with 30-pin SIMM slots... if only I grabbed it to keep for proof.

> At 03:30 PM 2/9/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
>
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