From: Robert Dewar (dewar_at_SCHONBERG.CS.NYU.EDU)
Date: Wed Jan 26 1994 - 09:35:37 EST
"Also would the speed of the memory be the same as what IBM offers"
It is not possible to have memory that is "fully compatible", an which at
the same time has different speed, in the sense of actually running slower
or faster. Memory comes in various speeds, a given design requires a certain
minimum speed, if you use memory slower than this, it won't work, if you
use memory that is unnecessarily faster, you are just wasting money.
I am not sure, but it sounded like your question was written from the point
of view of the common misconception, aided and abetted by magazine writers
here and there, that your machine will run faster if you put faster memory
in it. That is not true for typical modern designs.
Yes, there definitely is third party memory, you should pay no more than
about $400 for an 8 meg board, or about $1000 for a 16 meg board.
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