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In the immortal words of "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>...
> It depends on the memory, it's  probably PC100 or PC133.  PC133 is
> still widely available and an extra 256MB would make a considerable 
> difference. I have  a 700MHz P3 with 512 MB, and it's fine for
> ordinary desktop use.  
> 
> PC100 is harder to find and more expensive.

I've managed to use PC133 ram in an older system with no problems,
except I couldn't mix'n'match with the PC100 ram that was already in
there as it caused some interesting instabilities.

Cheers

Tim

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