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From: goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg)
Subject: Re: 256K SIMMs with 1M SIMMs?
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In <17218@helios.TAMU.EDU> sam4628@rigel.tamu.edu (MCCLUNEY, STEVEN ALEXANDER) writes:

>I have a computer (well, a Golstar GT316 at any rate) with two 1 MB SIMMs
>in it. I also have several 256K SIMMs available. Can both be used in the
>same computer at the same time? If it makes any difference, the computer
>is a 16 MHz 386SX. Thanks in advance (or in retreat, for that matter...)

It would depend on the particular motherboard.  Consult your motherboard 
manual (if you have one..).

I have heard of some motherboards accepting both 1M & 4M SIMMs simultaneously,
but I rather doubt if a low-end (SX) motherboard would be designed to use
low-end (256k) SIMMs in conjunction with 1Ms.  The boards I've heard of that
allow you to do this are high-end 386 or 486 machines, but again, they're
designed for 1M/4M not 256k/1M.

Any hardware types wanna confirm this?

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