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First post, by theelf

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Other day after drinking more wine than recommended, I decide to buy ram for my old 286, that need 424256

And of course mistake the order in aliexpress, and buy 8x MCM511000AP70 ... dont ask, in the momment look like a good idea or something

what can I do with this ram???? thanks

Reply 1 of 2, by SSTV2

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With only 8 pieces - not much, but you can still use them to replace slower parity RAM on 286/386 motherboards or craft a single 1Mx8 bit SIMM or SIPP module.

Reply 2 of 2, by theelf

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SSTV2 wrote on 2025-07-20, 21:51:

With only 8 pieces - not much, but you can still use them to replace slower parity RAM on 286/386 motherboards or craft a single 1Mx8 bit SIMM or SIPP module.

Thanks, yes i was checking in my house and I dont have any single motherboard that use DIP18... or graphics cards or anything to be true... all are or DIP16 or DIP20,, what a bad luck, i spend by mistake 7,5 dollars, not soo much, but at 3 dollars hours i earn is like almost 2 and half..

thanks for reply