re: tlug: Old SPARC SIMMs

[Tim Meggs <tim@example.com>]

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:28:38 +0900 (JST)
rom: Jonathan Byrne - 3Web <jq@example.com>
Subject: tlug: Old SPARC SIMMs

> If anybody has any old SPARCstation (1+, in my case ^^) SIMMs they want to
>
> Question: the release clips on the SIMM sockets are quite a bit different
> than the ones on a PC.  Is there a special tool necessary to get to them,
> or is there just a special technique for releasing them?  Inquiring minds
> wanna know :-)

I haven't seen the inside of a 1+, but of all the SPARCs, Macs and PC whose
memory i've ever had occasion to work with, the old forefinger-and-thumb
technique has sufficed.   The only difference i've ever noticed is that older
sockets have a metal locking clip instead of plastic.

tim :)
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