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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 04:56:48 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      groggy@iname.com
To:        "Mark J. Sommer" <msommer@argotsoft.com>
Cc:        Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@ethereal.net>, jjohnson@spry.com, mahe@twam.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mixing RAM for FreeBSD ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980921045358.4079E-100000@abc.xyz.net>
In-Reply-To: <199809211439.IAA10132@argotsoft.com>

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> Another thing to keep in mind is that if you can mix, you'll probably slow
> your system down.  Most motherboards that allow mixing will run at the slower
> SIMM speeds.  I.e. SDRAM typically less than or equal to 12ns, SIMMs typically
> less than or equal to 60ns, the result is the overall machine will run its
> memory bus at the 60ns mark.

i wonder is 12ns is overkill.  i haven't done any calculations,
but i wonder if the RAM could be accessed fast enough to take
advantage of that speed.

?


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