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From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: EDO Ram seems to be a major hassle!
Date: 19 Sep 1996 05:47:11 GMT
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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Message-ID: <VIXIE.96Sep18224711@wisdom.vix.com>
References: <01bba5df$e4bcf760$6f1d11cb@jan.bekkers.com.au>
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In-reply-to: "Jan Hurst"'s message of 19 Sep 1996 04:16:57 GMT

EDO RAM does essentially nothing if you have a Burst Cache (like the Tyan
1468 and 1562 motherboards both have).  You're better off with parity RAM.
ECC RAM costs more and isn't well supported -- yet.
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Paul Vixie
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