[Info-vax] Server memory

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 02/09/2018 12:21 PM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk schrieb am 09.02.2018 um 16:04:
>> On Friday, 9 February 2018 13:38:20 UTC, Bill Gunshannon  wrote:
>>> On 02/09/2018 03:41 AM, Hans Vlems wrote:
>>>> Bill
>>>> For what model Alpha ?
>>>> Hans
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't remember.  I had a few.  But I think it was the one that was a
>>> small deskside tower kinda like a PC.
>>>
>>> bill
>>
>> Was it legacy beige. or frost white?
> 
> Doesn't matter, as far as the memory is concerned.
> 
> Given the part number, it should work in any Digital Personal 
> Workstation. As Camiel already mentioned, it's a 256 MB SDRAM module - 
> btw, a DIMM, not a SIMM :-).

I wasn't sure if they used that terminology.  All this did jog my
memory a bit.  It was badged Compaq.

> 
>> try this one for size in the meantime (found independently
>> of Camiel's suggestion, by sticking the 54-whatever part
>> number into a search engine and using a little intuition
>> after that):
>> https://www.islandco.com/sn-msp01-hf-512mb-alpha-personal-workstation-433au-500au-600au-openvms-tru64 
>>
>>
>> SN-MSP01-HF could well be a different part number for the
>> same thing; there was a lot of that about at one stage.
> 
> The SN-MSP01-HF is a kit consisting of two 54-25158-DA modules. The DPW 
> required memory modules added in pairs, at least the Systems and Options 
> catalog only offered SN-MSP01-Hx kits (2*32, 2*64, 2*128, 2*256).

Interesting as these three came from one box.

bill