From: Alban Gerd Kellerbauer (alban_at_hep.physics.mcgill.ca)
Date: Sun Aug 02 1998 - 15:41:33 EDT
Bill, who do you call before you try something new in bed?
Alban
On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Bill Morrow wrote:
> Quite possible..
> if i have the time monday, i'll call apricorn..
> they are TP Proven and thus SHOULD know.. :-)
>
> Alban Gerd Kellerbauer wrote:
>
> > [Bill, please don't reply to me personally, I am also on the list.]
> >
> > I am aware of the fact that IBM doesn't officially support the 64 MB
> > module for the 365X/XD. However, this is not a hardware limitation. It is
> > therefore quite possible that the newest BIOS revision 1.10 in fact makes
> > it possible to use the module on all 365X/XD. You may remember that HDD's
> > over 2.1 GB were not supported either by the early BIOS revisions on this
> > machine.
> >
> > All I am saying that it is working for me on my 365XD with the latest
> > BIOS. If somebody else could confirm this on their machine, maybe you
> > could be convinced?
> >
> > Alban
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Bill Morrow wrote:
> >
> > > NONE of my memory suppliers have the 365X listed as supporting the 64meg
> > > part..
> > > you have a very singular machine, 64meg DIMM, both of the foregoing, OR
> > > everyone is really dumb.. :-)
> > >
> > > many have said the 701 will not support the 32meg part.. even IBM said that
> > > early on.. and probably still shows that a 16meg part is the max in a 701..
> > >
> > > (we all know this to be untrue)
> > >
> > > so it may well be that even though no one SUPPORTS the 64meg part in the
> > > 365X, it will work..
> > >
> > > when asked, i will say it won't work, because i can't tell you it will when
> > > my vendors don't sell it for the 365X, AND i have no 365X upon which to
> > > experiment..
> > > ...
> >
> > McGill University Nuclear Physics
> > Montréal (Québec)
> > UIN 8141789
>
>
>
> --
> Happy Trails... :-)
> ** Bill Morrow **
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> Windoze but i gotta try OS2 connect and this Red Hat unix clone
>
>
A. Kellerbauer
McGill University Nuclear Physics
Montréal (Québec)
UIN 8141789
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