On 1999-03-24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>However, the first owner was a professional (designs whole systems
>for the military) and tells me the manual is right about this. In
>fact, he said it out of memory, and I checked, and what he said
>matched the book. It has only 2 megs at present, true. It has
>room for 2 SIMMS. They have to be installed in pairs with the same
>rating, according to the old owner, but I can put in two 8s for a
>total of 16, or two 16s for a total of 32.
Does the manual specifically say 16meg simms? I know they exist, but that
doesn't neccesarily mean that a PS/1 can use them.
They probably need to be parity, but they might also need to be IBM simms.
I know some (maybe all) of the IBM PS/2's take special IBM simms. I would
ask in the usenet group comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware, or something close to
that. It is mainly for PS/2's, but they could probably help with just about
any IBM hardware. They seem to be great with part numbers, and know the ins
and outs of every model.
>No wonder I have always felt confused about IBMs. This is really
>hard.
Just to differentiate (spelling) something here.....not many people here
actually have IBM's. I have an old IBM PC model 5150, but I also have a
Unisys that is IBM compatible (my main computer). We generally refer to IBM
compatibles as PC's, although because PC stands for personal computer a Mac,
//e, Atari ST, etc are technically PC's also, but nowdays normally a PC is
an IBM comatible. An IBM is a computer built by IBM.....and if you have a
PS/2 they are confusing :-) as IBM through a lot of standards out the window
when they designed them. A PS/1 might be too, I haven't heard much about
them, though.
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
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