It was called 72-pin DRAM, or 30-pin DRAM. before that, it was either chips which held anywhere between 256k and 4M apiece, or propietary RAM modules, and before that RAM wasn't really something you tinkered with unless you owned an Apple ][ ;)
-- /---"Horst G. Burkhardt III"---------------------\ | There's no place like localhost (127.0.0.1) | | http://pandora.k9-net.org/ <- My Website | \--------------------------<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>---/ On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Per Jessen wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > > > On 2007/03/10 14:06 (GMT+1400) Horst G. Burkhardt III apparently > > typed: > > > >> If this were 1981 and a 16K chip of static RAM was the best available > >> and cost about $1200 i'd agree. But RAM really is cheap now, so why > >> risk it? > > > > RAM is "really cheap now" only if your system is new or recent. > > Even 8-9 year old systems use PC100 and that's still widely available. > I can't remember what memory was called before PC100. > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > > -- > http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed email security. > Starting at SFr1/month/user. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
