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Re: Are the 360PE and 750 memory cards compatible?



On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:11:32 -0700 (MST), billy@MIX.COM wrote:

>> >Does anybody know if the 360PE and 750/755 memory cards compatible?
>> >
>> I think the 755 might use parity while the 355/360 does not.
>
>> Can someone else please confirm?
>
>Yes the 755 uses parity memory.  You can turn off the parity error
>detection in the set-up (hold F1 down and boot) but I'd suggest not
>doing this - I have had one card that had errors and I'd never have
>know without it...
>
That's one of the nice things about parity.  It's such a shame that the newer ThinkPads
don't use parity, at least the non-EDO models.

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Paul

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