From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 8 05:17:56 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id FAA08815 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 05:17:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.63.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id FAA08810 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 05:17:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.52.251.6] (apfel.nacamar.de [195.52.251.6]) by zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (8.7.6/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA18928 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 14:17:33 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: michael@mail.zit.th-darmstadt.de (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 14:17:25 +0100 To: hardware@freebsd.org From: Michael Beckmann Subject: Tyan Tomcat ? 256 MB RAM ? DIMMs ? Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I was considering the Tyan Tomcat mainboard for a machine with more-than-average RAM. The mainboard manual claims it can accomodate 8 x 32 MB SIMMs, but I'm not sure if I believe that. Has anyone tried that out ? 32 MB SIMMs are usually double-sided. If it could accept 6 of the 32 MB SIMMs, that would be OK for me, too. What do all you people do who want 256 MB RAM in their machines ? Do you use 64 MB PS/2 SIMMs ? These are a bit hard to get, and more expensive than the comparable number of 32 MB SIMMs. I also haven't found a source of 64 MB EDO SIMMs at all, only FPM. Anybody know of a decent mainboard that can accomodate at least 4 x 64 MB DIMMs ? All the mainboards with DIMM sockets I know have no more than 2 of them. Cheers, Michael