Powermac 8100/80 RAM question

[Tom Peters]

I have lots of old 72-pin SIMMs laying around. What are you looking for?

At 03:37 PM 12/30/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>On Dec 30 2004,  9:09, Richard Beaudry wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a Powermac 8100/80 that needs a RAM upgrade.  Lowendmac.com
> > says that it can handle 72-pin SIMMs, up to 32MB each.  My question
>is
> > this:  does it take the same 72-pin SIMMs as a PC, or does it require
> > special "mac-only" SIMMs?  Google only showed people still selling
>the
> > RAM (for outrageous prices), and I couldn't get actual specs on the
> > RAM itself.
>
>Ordinary PC-type 72-pin SIMMs should be fine, but I think you need Fast
>Page Mode rather than EDO.  You don't need parity, but it will do no
>harm if you have 36-bit SIMMs instead of 32-bit.  lowendmac mentions
>80ns, so 70ns or 60ns will also do.  I bought 4 x 32MB SIMMs about 4
>weeks ago on eBay for an SGI, which wants FPM+parity and gold contacts;
>it was quite cheap (under $20).  The same seller had quite a lot that
>was non-parity, and he even mentioned Apples.
>
>
>--
>Pete                                            Peter Turnbull
>                                                 Network Manager
>                                                 University of York


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