From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 26 04:42:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA29496 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 04:42:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.dpt.com (ns1.dpt.com [206.138.241.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA29486 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 04:42:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@bohica.net) Received: from deathstar.deathstar.dpt.com (deathstar.dpt.com [198.242.63.87]) by ns1.dpt.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA12956 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 07:37:58 -0500 Received: by deathstar.deathstar.dpt.com [198.242.63.87] (NX5.67g/NX3.0M) id AA01469; Thu, 26 Mar 98 07:37:11 -0500 Reply-To: Mark Gregory Salyzyn Message-Id: <9803261237.AA01469@deathstar.deathstar.dpt.com> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.2mach v148) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.148) From: Mark Gregory Salyzyn Date: Thu, 26 Mar 98 07:37:10 -0500 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT and ECC memory Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <19980323193054.62953@clifford.inch.com>, you wrote: >Is there anything special about the DPT ECC memory that they sell, >apart from it being ECC? DPT lists the price at over $1100 for 16M, >but my vendor is telling me that he sells 32M of 70 pin ECC memory for >around $70. Why the disparity? DPT is the only company producing ECC SIMMs in any quantity from what I understand, it is a specialized market, really tailored to the needs of the data conscious. not sure if the price quote you got was very accurate though. You can use non-parity SIMMs on some DPT cards if you feel you are somewhat fault tolerant. Personally, I use parity memory, works fine. You can not mix and match memory types. I seriously doubt 32M/$70 for ECC, he must have confused it with EDO memory. I would be interested in the name of your vendor just in case I have a mistaken view. Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn My opinions are my own. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message