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Date:      Mon, 2 Sep 1996 14:32:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-hackers <FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: anyone have a memory test?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.960902143011.4214A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <199609022017.QAA21812@shell.monmouth.com>

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On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:

...
> I sure miss minicomputers with real memory controllers with memory 
> address registers that latch parity errors and report the address.
> I sure miss BSD on a Vax that reported the ECC location and correction bits...

  Triton II based boards support ECC or parity checks.  But you need
parity memory too, which costs a bit more, and some suppliers don't have
it commonly available.

Tom




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