[SPARCbook] re: memory upgrade

[patl at phoenix.volant.org]

On 12-Sep-99 at 17:32, David Hansen (dhansen at salug.org) wrote:
> 
>  contacting tadpole themselves will also give you even more detailed
> information. currently no one, not even tadpole, knows of a resource for
> getting 64MB chips that will work in the sparcbooks. and tadpole sells
> them for just under $2,000 (U.S.).
>  as for the other sized chips, they (tadpole) advise that the chips be
> gold-plated and, if at all possible, use a mainstream manufacturer. (as
> well as all of the other specifications (parity, low profile 72 pin dram,
> 60ns.)) Anything else and you may see odd and quirky results.

Is there any definitive word on what makes these 64MB SIMMS so
special?  Is it just the physical size constraints, or are there
something unusual about their power requirements or signal timings
or something?



-Pat