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- From: shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Adding memory to X-station
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 21:44:19 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.173456.26833@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
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- hosseino@yu1.yu.edu (Joshua Hosseinof) writes:
-
- >We recently upgraded the memory in our RS/6000 and decided that we would
- >put the old memory into one of our X-stations to speed it up and
- >have it crash less often. IBM said that the X-station wouldn't be able
- >to use any of the memory from the RS/6000. When we put it in, it would
- >only recognize the first 1.5 megs of memory, and it would have errors
- >reading past that first 1.5 megs. Anybody have any suggestions on
- >how to get it to recognize more of the memory?
-
- I don't believe that you should expect RS/6000 memory (except model 220)
- to be able to work in the Xstation at all. Perhaps someone would like to
- swap with you...
-
- The Xstation and the 220 use the same memory SIMMs used in PS/2's and
- (I believe) many other PC's.
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- Bob Shair shair@vnet.ibm.com
- Scientific Computing Specialist SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
- IBM Champaign
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