Re: EDP simm question

[Alwyn <zardac@gmail.com>]

60ns and 70ns ram modules are faster than 120ns, so that won't be an issue.

Cheers,
Alwyn

On 5/4/06, Bruno K <brunoklein@ideastudioweb.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > ----- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >> dear Ls,
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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