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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: jj on October 12, 2006, 05:15:28 PM

Title: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: jj on October 12, 2006, 05:15:28 PM

Quite shocked but scan are selling their own manufactured 72 pin ram

64Mb EDO - £9.74 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=25584)

16Mb Edo - £5.28 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=138846)

Just thoguht Id let you all know

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: pedro7 on October 12, 2006, 07:17:41 PM

I think simms are still used in a fair few devices. My laser printer can take a simm to expand its memory. They'd be used in anything which doesn't have 64bit memory access. I mean if there is a niche someone will supply to it. (now what parallels could that have  :-) )

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: motrucker on October 12, 2006, 11:29:07 PM

Man, would I love to see prices like this for FPM RAM!

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: Oliver on October 13, 2006, 04:23:07 AM

Isn't EDO a superset of FPM?  I thought EDO could function as FPM.  It's been a while since I had anything to do with either type, so I could well be wrong.

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: jj on October 20, 2006, 12:19:16 PM

I thought Edo was better than FPM

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: Oli_hd on October 20, 2006, 12:31:57 PM

yeah 72 pin SIMMs are still easy to get new in the UK, Eclipse also sell them:

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/products.aspx?cat=23&subcat=131&brand=2 (http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/products.aspx?cat=23&subcat=131&brand=2)

8Mb FPM £2.29
16Mb EDO £3.47
32Mb EDO £6.99

Although bigger sticks are harder to find, like 64 and 128 so that 64Mb link is good.

Also dont forget our own best Amiga shop, Amigakit.com
32Mb for £7.99
2x 16Mb £9.99
128Mb £35

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: alexh on October 20, 2006, 02:28:25 PM

Some Amiga hardware doesnt like EDO RAM, it's in the minority but it does exist.

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: Amiga4k on October 20, 2006, 06:52:03 PM

Alexh,
Excellent reply. The Apollo 3060/4060 can use either, with a jumper change on the processor card. It was because FPM memory is 5v and EDO has 2 flavors, ie 3.3v and 5 v. You had to know the voltages.

Title: Re: Cheap 72pin Edo Ram
Post by: K7HTH on October 22, 2006, 07:12:51 AM

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Amiga4k wrote:Alexh, Excellent reply. The Apollo 3060/4060 can use either, with a jumper change on the processor card. It was because FPM memory is 5v and EDO has 2 flavors, ie 3.3v and 5 v. You had to know the voltages.

Hmmmmmmmmm.