From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jan 2 16:56:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from where.org (under.where.org [198.163.215.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14D5137B41B for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:56:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 47138 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 00:55:58 -0000 Received: from blh617oey308c.ab.hsia.telus.net (HELO ICSLAP38) (142.59.43.190) by under.where.org with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 00:55:58 -0000 Message-ID: <019b01c193f1$4caad4f0$877ba8c0@ICSLAP38> From: "Fenrir" To: Subject: Memory question regarding PWS 500a/500au Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:55:10 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0198_01C193B6.9EE05F00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0198_01C193B6.9EE05F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone, I know this is off-topic, however I'm not sure where else to ask.. I = have found that there are several people on this list running DEC Alpha = Personal Workstation (PWS) 433/500/etc. machines, AKA Miata. I = currently have one of these machines with 256Mb of System memory, and am = looking to upgrade it. =20 Does anyone have any experience using non-DEC memory for these machines? = I've been able to find specs that indicate it takes PC-100 ECC SDRAM, = but I am not sure if it is buffered, etc.. Has anyone tried 3rd party = memory in one of these machines, and does it work bug-free with BSD? =20 If anyone has any input on this, I would really appreciate it. =20 Rob ------=_NextPart_000_0198_01C193B6.9EE05F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Everyone,
 
    I know this is = off-topic,=20 however I'm not sure where else to ask.. I have found that there are = several=20 people on this list running DEC Alpha Personal Workstation (PWS) = 433/500/etc.=20 machines, AKA Miata.  I currently have one of these machines with = 256Mb of=20 System memory, and am looking to upgrade it. 
 
Does anyone have any experience using = non-DEC=20 memory for these machines?  I've been able to find specs that = indicate it=20 takes PC-100 ECC SDRAM, but I am not sure if it is buffered, etc..  = Has=20 anyone tried 3rd party memory in one of these machines, and does it work = bug-free with BSD? 
 
If anyone has any input on this, I = would really=20 appreciate it. 
 
Rob
 
------=_NextPart_000_0198_01C193B6.9EE05F00-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message