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From: Mark Blackman <markb>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: EDO SIMMS on a AXPpci motherboard
Date: 2 Feb 1996 13:23:29 GMT
Organization: University of Reading, U.K.
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Just a simple question,

do the standard EDO 72-pin SIMMS work on a AXPpci (alpha) motherboard?

currently i have a cheap number cruncher in the form of a

P5-133 + 64MB (EDO SIMMS) + FreeBSD 2.1

for doing long-winded scattering calculations. However, I would 
like to use the Alpha
for this sort of thing.  Can i preserve my investment in memory
and switch to an 

Alpha-275 + 64MB (EDO SIMMS) + NetBSD 


(another alternative would be a pentium pro motherboard).

cheers
mark