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From: tscheer@cts.com (Tom Scheer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Can I mix memory speeds
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 18:45:39 GMT
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In article <stephenkDutwB2.52D@netcom.com>, stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) wrote:
>In article <4s7rae$m3a@symiserver2.symantec.com> tedm%toybox@agora.rdrop.com
> writes:
>>In <31E6880E.408D@nome.net>, Ramon Gandia <nsrfg@nome.net> writes:
>>
>>[memory explanation deleted]
>>
>>>It is best to buy EDO.
>>
>>No No No!!!
>>
>> EDO memory is non-parity.  If your MB supports parity, it is best
>>to buy parity memory.  (unfortunately, the toy versions of the Triton chipset
>>don't)
>>
>>Stealing Paul Vixie's words:  "Using non-parity memory on a Unix system is
>>like hanging a `kick me' sign on your backside"

I haven't seen anyone make an EDO SIMM with parity, but you can't say
"EDO memory is non-parity".  Parity is a matter of adding 4 bits to a 
72-pin SIMM, it is not a function of the DRAM used.