From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 24 11: 8:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B9437B41E; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:00:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAOJ0c746619; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:00:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:00:38 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Nick Maniscalco , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting back into alpha systems / looking for suggestions Message-ID: <20011124200038.C46543@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3C2C598F@zathras> <20011122082048.C30457@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20011123160449.D68993@dragon.nuxi.com> <20011124101655.B44567@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20011124100521.E30790@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011124100521.E30790@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:05:21AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org 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 On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:05:21AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:16:55AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > PWS is OK. It works with normal SDRAM DIMMs (although they need to > ... > > You need ECC, otherwise it won't work. I've moved DIMMs between x86 > > and PWS without problems. Orig. DEC DIMMs are labeled 83MHz, so PC66 > > is not fast enough, but PC100 is. > > So original DEC DIMMs from a PWS would not work in a 164LX/PC164SX, > correct? IFAIK, those machines require PC100 DIMMs. I have not tried as I don't have a 164[LS]X but the PWS definitely has 83 MHz DIMMs. So I second your assumption if 164 needs PC100. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message