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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Parity SIMMS really necessary? Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:35:14 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 14 Message-ID: <49tfo2$ht2@zuul.nmti.com> References: <49lbnr$4fq@interport.net> <49qabp$efi@zuul.nmti.com> <49spbi$1m8@sixpack.wustl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com In article <49spbi$1m8@sixpack.wustl.edu>, Matt Lundberg <ml@sixpack.wustl.edu> wrote: > As for using non-parity SIMMS, what does that extra bit give you > anyway? I agree that ECC is an advantage, but parity will only > inform you that you have a memory error, in most cases by locking > up the machine. This is no help. I'd much rather be informed that I have a memory error than have random bits of my data scrambled. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them