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32pin Ram? Is that normal? Can i use 30pin in its place?

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First post, by Yuuker

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I recently got a pretty good deal on a 486-mobo, cpu an ram combo. Came with 4mb of ram (guess it could a been worse) but whats confusing me is its type.

Its 32pin, and i only really see (and usually hear about) 30 or 72pin when i do searches for kits online.

Is 32pin some un-normal standard? I'm *relatively* new to retro-builds, can i assume its backwards comparable with the more common 30pin ram or, am i a little outa-luck on an upgrade here?

Thanks! 😀

Reply 1 of 3, by lazibayer

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Could you please take some pictures of the RAM and mobo? I only know old macs use 32pin SIMMs.

Reply 2 of 3, by yawetaG

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Mac PC upgrade board? Basically that's a PC on a expansion board that you can plug into a Mac, and it would be useless without the its special software or Mac (obviously).

Other options are some proprietary industrial solution that happens to use a 486 processor, or maybe a NEC PC-98 or compatible system (which do not work with conventional MS-DOS or Windows, you need a special version because the hardware architecture is entirely different).

Reply 3 of 3, by luckybob

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it is really 30-pin. I have some simms with an extra pin on each end. At least on mine, they aren't even connected.

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. - Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

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