In a message dated 98-07-16 01:29:22 EDT, you write:
<< John Rinehart <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>From what I have read, the 'newer' EDO memory is backward
>compatible with the 'older' FPM memory.
>John
I have not heard that, just the opposite. I tried it on my 486
following
the chip placement requirements and ignoring the fact it was EDO --- It
did not work. But then again, I did not "expect it" to...
The EDO chips were "known good" and are still in use in the "proper"
type of motherboard.
Rick Glazier
>>
THIS next passage is directly from the handbook to my motyerboard::::""use 5v
EDO or FPM SIMM MODULES
any combination of specified modules allowed
f w i w
philippe j beaulieu
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