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From: Mike Hench <hench@cae.uwm.edu>
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Subject: Re: Tyan Tomcat ? 256 MB RAM ? DIMMs ?
To: petzi@apfel.de (Michael Beckmann)
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 08:23:58 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <v03007802aed06fd9bcee@[195.52.251.6]> from "Michael Beckmann" at Dec 8, 96 02:17:25 pm
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> 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.
> 
i run 256 meg (8 32 meg simms) edo.
(lowest bid stuff, evergreen tech i think i got it from)
in my tomcat without any problems at all. dont forget to get the
additional goofy tag ram chip because the board will almost certainly ship
with a coast with 1 tag ram (and hence can only cache the first 64 meg)
bios ships configured for 70 ns dont forget to change that.

mike hench
hench@cae.uwm.edu

> Cheers,
> 
> Michael