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ever seen hyperram - 72 pin with dip switches??

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First post, by ratfink

Posted on 2011-06-17, 19:01

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I was sorting through a box of memory cards and noticed what looked like tiny dip switches on some 72pin ram, which had "hyperram" printed on them. Never noticed this before, presumably it's something to do with setting speed or latency etc. I think they were EDO. I'll post a picture when I find my camera charger 😜.

Reply 1 of 12, by Tetrium

Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:26

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Waiting for the pic 🤣!

I got a small box with the label "weird RAM"...it's got some really weird stuff in it, like SIMM's with 68 or so pins instead of 72 😜

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Reply 2 of 12, by ratfink

Posted on 2011-06-18, 12:35

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Here's a photo of the ram, both sticks are the same 😀.

Reply 3 of 12, by recoil2525

Posted on 2011-06-18, 13:12

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was rooting through my stuff and come across these

http://thecomputercollection.webs.com/
http://the3dfxcollection.webs.com/
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Reply 4 of 12, by Tetrium

Posted on 2011-06-18, 19:22

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ZMGWTF, L O L!!
I had no idea this was ever made!

But frankly, I don't have a clue what it might be for.

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Reply 5 of 12, by ratfink

Posted on 2011-06-18, 19:57

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Yeah, I was surprised, especially as I've had it 10 years or more and never noticed.

Reply 6 of 12, by keropi

Posted on 2011-06-18, 22:58

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Tetrium wrote:
Waiting for the pic 🤣!

I got a small box with the label "weird RAM"...it's got some really weird stuff in it, like SIMM's with 68 or so pins instead of 72 😜

back then some hardware manufacturers used their own custom stuff to force you buy more stuff from them 🤣
GVP for example made amiga accelerators that used their 64pin SIMMS , that were ridiculously more expensive than normal simms and offered nothing better...

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Reply 7 of 12, by sliderider

Posted on 2011-06-19, 00:04

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Tetrium wrote:
Waiting for the pic 🤣!

I got a small box with the label "weird RAM"...it's got some really weird stuff in it, like SIMM's with 68 or so pins instead of 72 😜

68 pin is probably Mac IIfx RAM. The Mac IIfx RAM was exclusive to that machine.

Reply 8 of 12, by recoil2525

Posted on 2011-06-19, 16:59

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also found this while sorting out my stuff

dont have a clue what it is for all it says on it is
cym9251pb
-20c
9534953

http://thecomputercollection.webs.com/
http://the3dfxcollection.webs.com/
http://bioshock-2-online.webs.com/

Reply 9 of 12, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2011-06-19, 17:03

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Proprietary cache module?

1+1=10

Reply 10 of 12, by Old Thrashbarg

Posted on 2011-06-19, 18:03

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68 pin is probably Mac IIfx RAM. The Mac IIfx RAM was exclusive to that machine.

The IIfx SIMMs were 64-pin, not 68. A lot of the old Macs used 68-pin SIMMs for the VRAM, though. I think some Sun SparcServer systems used 68 pin memory as well.

Reply 11 of 12, by Tetrium

Posted on 2011-06-19, 19:03

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recoil2525 wrote:
also found this while sorting out my stuff […]
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also found this while sorting out my stuff

dont have a clue what it is for all it says on it is
cym9251pb
-20c
9534953

h-a-l-9000 wrote:
Proprietary cache module?

I'd agree, it does look like a cache module.

Maybe I should have a look in my box of weird RAM and post some pics at some time 🤣, I'm coming across a lot of odd stuff now that I'm cleaning up the attic. Some of the stuff never even left their box after 2 moves! 😜

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Reply 12 of 12, by Fabio

Posted on 2021-09-28, 22:08

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yes proprietary module cache for SIEMENS NIXDORF 4h/pci.
model motherboard for 486 s26361-D882-A32.

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