At 11:34 AM 2/23/99 -0800, you wrote:
>On 23 Feb 99, at 7:26, Earl Truss wrote:
>
>> At 08:59 PM 2/22/99 -0600, you wrote:
>> >> Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Total
>> >> 16M x 9 None 16M x 36 None 128MB
>>
>> >appears that parity memory is required.
>>
>> The requirement for parity memory comes from the "x 36" in the above. If
>> non-parity memory was OK, it would say "x 32" instead. The above looks
>> like a mistake to me. I don't see how you could get 128MB without using a
>> 64MB SIMM in bank 2/3.
>
> Since an x32/x36 SIMM is FOUR bytes wide, a 16M x 36 *is* 64 MB total.
>
Duh. I get it now. I see why I did not see it before. It is not 16
megabytes as I was reading it. It comes from the following list:
1M x 36 => 4MB
2M x 36 => 8MB
4M x 36 => 16MB
8M x 36 => 32MB
16M x 36 => 64MB
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