From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 11:02:57 EDT
Vince..
Vincent Poy wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> > IBM did not share your amusement at that time.. :-)
>
> Ofcourse, they were the subject! =)
>
> > > Oh okay, so that's what they meant by dumping.
> >
> > dumping = selling below cost to capture a market..(sorta like the
> > browser wars)
>
> I always thought the Korean and Japanese makers were the ones who
> held the market share.
they do and did, i suppose because of their dumping..
>
>
> > the new machines also appear to have the system memory in a DIMM
> > socket..i need to learn if the 64meg part can be changed to a 128meg
> > part, then two 128meg parts added to the two expansion sockets, theu
> > 128 + 128 + 128 = 384megs.. ?! :-)
>
> Yep, that's true too. It's like I thought it was soldered but it
> was in a socket. And the Intel BX chipset can address more than 384 megs
> of RAM.
>
it all will come down to how many memory "lines" are available..
> > > Ah, so it's just the position of where the eprom chip is.
> >
> > yup..simple, but significant..!
>
> Guess every millimeter counts!
>
i could have used an exacto knife and made the thing fit, but thats not the way
things shoulf work..
> > > Yep, I wonder how many returns have they gotten since the Crucial
> > > memory offers a lifetime warranty and the 30 day moneyback guarantee.
> >
> > i have no idea..remember, this is the "scuttlebutt" not verifiable
> > fact, since i don't have lines of communication into h/p, dell or
> > ibm.. this came from a supplier to some or all of those companies..
>
> The funny thing about the Crucial ads is they claim HP, Dell and
> IBM use Crucial/Micron memory OEMed but it seems like that isn't entirely
> true either.
>
i guess so..remember, this is what i was told..
> > > Hmmm, it could be the IBM Lan Management thingy that came on the
> > > software selection disk since that seems to open up a DOS prompt to load
> > > during bootup.
> >
> > i have no idea, since i use windows for the lan and that is for novell
> > or some such that i don't have..
>
> I had no idea what it was for but just wanted to see how it
> worked.
>
naughty, naughty..!should not load apps you don't know or need.. :-)
> > i should also mention that some unbranded memory can be quite good,
> > but has little or no warranty..
>
> Hmmm, that's true too.
>
> > and some branded and unbranded memory can be stacked chips, used chips
> > or the like, and thus substandard..
>
> Yeah, like some are totally garbage too.
>
> > the big guys all use new chips and test them before shipping..
> > usually.. when theres time..!
>
> Hopefully atleast.
>
they usually test the assembly...
> > i remember when some memory shipped, i got it, tested it, and nothing..!!
> > turned out the eprom had not been programmed..! :-)
>
> Oh well, sounds like my 770Z... Eeprom is acting funny...
>
eprom ? or flash bios memory..??
> > it all went back and i got new stuff..
> > THATS why i like to test stuff before i send it out..
> > lower chance i will need to be shipping things on my own 'nickel'..
>
> Yep... that's a good practice.
>
> Cheers,
> Vince - vince_at_MCESTATE.COM - vince_at_GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____
> Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ]
> GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ]
> Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ]
> HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will vary, Done on a closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Thu Jan 23 2003 - 09:55:04 EST