Re: EDP simm question

[Bruno K <brunoklein@ideastudioweb.com>]

Nik, thanks for answering, but the fact that you thought you could  
buy some Simm in the past (when?) doesn't seem a solution right now.

Actually finding a Simm 30 pin 4Mb on Ebay  (.it., .com or  
even  .co.uk) or everywhere looks like a pretty big problem:  
especially if I don't know exactly what to buy.

The problem, again, is:  does anybody here knows if a certain speed  
is a must? The manual asserts that 120ns of speed is a necessary  
condition. The LD's EDP faq says speed is not a problem. The very few  
Simm I saw on sale in the last two weeks on the web are all 60 or 70 ns.

Try to figure how *disappointing* would be buying something (with  
overseas shipping costs) and finding out it's not right (if working...).

The other question is: does anybody knows what happens if I mount a  
Simm over 4 Mb (8 or 16) in case I find some second hand pieces with  
no indication and I need to mount them for testing purpose? Could the  
simm be damaged? Would the EDP disappear?

thanks again to you all for any significant clue

Bruno



> Hmmm....
> When I was looking to buy my EDP+ I checked out the availability of  
> the correct SIMMs on Ebay (I'm in the UK) and found loads, and  
> cheap enough that I could buy a few from different sellers to cover  
> myself. As it happens I didn't have to do this as mine came fully  
> loaded (thanks Kelly), but it didn't look like a big problem.
>
> Nik
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "bk" <brunoklein@ideastudioweb.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:06 AM
> Subject: EDP simm question
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>> dear Ls,
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>>
>> I found a second hand EDP that I bought as second unit and back- 
>> up.  It's a white Gibson one, even older then the one that I  
>> bought from  Steve Lawson.
>> These things are really diifficult to find in Italy, as all over  
>> Europe.
>>
>> It needs a full-upgrade: memory and software. For the software   
>> obviously there's Kim and Aurisis. But the memory search seems  
>> painful.
>>
>> At the moment it has 4 1Mb Simm for a total of 50 seconds.  
>> Finding  the 4m memories seems very hard. On the manual it's  
>> written that  every 30 pin simm with at last 120ns of speed would  
>> be fine.
>> On the FAQ on the LD's site, on the other hand, there's a  
>> different  info: there its' said that "It can use any type.  
>> Parity, non-parity,  2 chips, 3chips, 8 chips, 9 chips, PC, Mac,  
>> any speed."
>> Who should I believe to?
>>
>> And since I could probably find only used simms that have no   
>> indication of the memory amount, and the only way for me to find  
>> out  if they're 1, 4, 8 or 16 Mb it's testing them on the EDP,  
>> what  happens if I mount on it a 8 or 16 Mb Simm? Could it cause a  
>> damage  to the EDP?
>>
>> Any experience about that? I digged in the archive but couldn't  
>> find  a proper answer... Tx in advance four your suggestions.
>>
>>
>> all the best from the not-so-much-looping Milano
>>
>> Bruno Klein
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