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I have more RAM than you do

68kMLA PowerPC 23 posts Sep 19, 2008 to Nov 1, 2022

#1 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 02:48 68kMLA

Today in the mail I got a package from a relative containing computer parts. 3 tiny hard drives, a router, a couple computer hardware magazines, CD-ROM drive, multimeter, and the rest of the box was FILLED with RAM. I'd say there is more than 4 dozen 72-pin SIMMs, a few 30-pin SIMMs, and a couple DIMMs. I may get a picture if I so feel like it. Anybody that has managed to acquire more than this much RAM needs to get serious help.

#2 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 03:52 68kMLA

I have hundreds of 30-pin SIMMs. Unfortunately they're all 1 MB SIMMs.

#3 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 03:54 68kMLA

You sicko.

#4 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 04:02 68kMLA

Anybody that has managed to acquire more than this much RAM needs to get serious help.

What... You mean like this? (Sorry for the low iPhone-in-low-light quality, my computer-parts toolbox is stowed away during the home remodel; barely accessible.)

There's probably that much again in storage in another box. I need to dedicate two drawers in the toolbox to RAM now. Everything from 30-pin SIMMs to DDR2, and everything in between. (And I truly mean everything. RAMBUS, 64-pin IIfx RAM, you name it.)

#5 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 04:15 68kMLA

Anonymous Freak - that link leads to a four-oh-four in multiple languages.

For the record, I have a box of RAM that I keep around for no reason other than just to look at.

#6 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 06:53 68kMLA

I have a huge tub of RAM actually. No Rambus but tons of 256k/1mb/4m 30 pin, 4/8/16/32/64mb 72 pin, SDRAM of all kinds, IIfx RAM, 68K VRAM, PPC DIMMs and VRAM, etc.

They are just spares, my machines tend to be loaded.

#7 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 07:58 68kMLA

Do you guts put the chips in any kind of bag or wrapper or just chuck them all in?

#8 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 15:00 68kMLA

Anonymous Freak - that link leads to a four-oh-four in multiple languages.
For the record, I have a box of RAM that I keep around for no reason other than just to look at.

heh. Appropriate since I accidentally typed "IMG_404.JPG" in my link. Link fixed now. (Should have been "IMG_464.JPG".

#9 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 19:05 68kMLA

Anti static bags, usefull for sorting the different types so they don't all get mixed up.

#10 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 19:38 68kMLA

I have a couple of small containers of RAM. It ranges from SIPPs to DIMMs. Not sure why I keep it though. It's not as though I plan on getting new machines.

#11 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 20:52 68kMLA

I have a couple of small containers of RAM. It ranges from SIPPs to DIMMs. Not sure why I keep it though. It's not as though I plan on getting new machines.

been there and done that....heck, hard to believe, some years ago, the ram most of us have collected, etc was worth a small fortune..

when ram prices was outta this world......

#12 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 21:10 68kMLA

Well, you could buy a new computer for less than the price I paid for RAM in my 1992/3 486. And that was a pitiful 16 MB. Granted, you could do a lot with 16 MB back then.

#13 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 22:21 68kMLA

I never toss any working RAM, you might need it someday on older systems.

#14 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 - 22:43 68kMLA

Bah. I want to use my 256 kB SIPPs and SIMMs in new systems.

#15 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 - 00:49 68kMLA

and i thought i was bad!

#16 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 - 01:39 68kMLA

Bah. I want to use my 256 kB SIPPs and SIMMs in new systems.

I actually have an old ISA capture card that has SIPPs soldered on with space for a dozen more, so if you don't lihe them let me know.

#17 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 - 02:37 68kMLA

I have a few extras laying around, though I might be strange and shove the 512 MB of RAM into my iMac G3 when I upgrade my IBM Netvista.

#18 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 - 22:03 68kMLA

Well, it's a start. But I am overwhelmed by having to deal with this much RAM.

#19 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 - 08:06 68kMLA

My hiking-boots shoebox full of unsorted RAM sneers at you in a Parisian manner.

Speaking of which, who's worked out an efficient workflow for sorting and testing large quantities of assorted memory?

#20 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 - 08:36 68kMLA

I use the chipmunk site to figure out the MB of the SIMM/DIMM. For 72 pin RAM I use an old Pentium desktop system and install them in pairs to find out the size and if they are EDO or FPM (BIOS tells me on boot). The bios will do a simple test on boot to check the RAM, there are plenty of memory testers for DOS that boot from a floppy if you have some flacky RAM to test.

30 pin SIMMs are easy to sort out just by the writings on the chip.

In general anything I test gets a little sticker on it with capacity and type so I don't have to test it again. I do the same with hard drives (boot with the seatools cd and scan each sector), put a sticker with a date I tested and size.

#21 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 - 20:45 68kMLA

I have all my RAM sorted into static bags. For example there is one bag for all 4 MB 72-pin SIMMs. For SIMMs I don't care about EDO or FPM or Parity since the Macs don't either.

DIMMs are sorted by voltage. 5v EDO, 5v FPM, 5v Unknown. 3.3v 8 MB, 3.3v 16 MB, etc. 3.3v is what you would call PC66, PC100, etc. 5v is the older stuff for pre-G3 Macs. 5500/6500s need EDO, 7200s will fry if they have EDO, the rest don't seem to care.

To determine if a 5v is EDO I put it in a 5500 and if it screws up then it's probably FPM.

I use a label maker to write the size and type on the modules whenever I am dealing with any of those modules.

#22 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 - 07:20 68kMLA

Bah. I want to use my 256 kB SIPPs and SIMMs in new systems.

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I actually have an old ISA capture card that has SIPPs soldered on with space for a dozen more, so if you don't lihe them let me know.

Sorry to revive my older thread, but so do I. It's upgrading my Vectra's crappy 256k of on board RAM.