Talk:SIMM

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I've rewritten the introduction bit, because it seemed to tell this:

- 286 systems used SIPPs

- 386+ used SIMMs

Now I've seen loads of 286 systems, but I've never seen any with SIPP modules. They all used SIMMs, or in a few rare cases, bare DIPs. That's why I've changed it to:

- 8088 systems used DIPs

- 286+ mostly used SIMMs

Though I find it hard to prove this. It'd be nice if someone could find a credible source to verify it :-) Robin F. 22:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sizes and pinouts

It would be nice if the size range (megabytes/megabits) would be included.

Also, pinouts seem like an obvious must-have.

2006-08-19 17:02

[edit] 128MB 72-pin SIMMs

Did such monster-sized SIMMs really exist? 128MB seems too large for a 72-pin SIMM. In terms of cost per megabyte, computer RAM was very expensive a decade ago. So 128MB 72-pin SIMM would have been prohibitively expensive to produce! Hellcat fighter 12:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pinout Mistake?

In the Pinout table "Presence Detect 1" is listed twice. It appears that one of the two should have been "Presence Detect 5". Also pin #8 is listed twice. One pin 8 should be 48. There may be other issues. Here is another referance that might be helpful...

http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=pinconmem_simm_ecc_72pin

Oct 23, 2006