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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.mid.net!sbctri.tri.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Parity SIMMS really necessary? Date: 2 Dec 1995 19:44:57 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 15 Message-ID: <49qabp$efi@zuul.nmti.com> References: <49lbnr$4fq@interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com In article <49lbnr$4fq@interport.net>, David Tay <davidtay@interport.net> wrote: > I'm currently using FreeBSD with parity simms. There's a $50-$100 > difference with parity SIMMs. I would like to save some money and use > non-parity SIMMs. I'm obviously naive. I had no idea they even *made* non-parity SIMMs. The whole idea of putting that much memory in a box without at *least* parity (and preferably ECC) makes me sick in the stomach. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them