joelja
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote:
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> I just recently saw an advertisement for a Dell computer with a P6
> motherboard & CPU that includes "64MB EDO RAM with ECC".
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> Are there in fact x86 motherboards that support ECC RAM? Can such a
> motherboard provide better error recognition & recovery then a simple
> "parity error"?
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> Most importantly, can (does) Linux take advantage of this?
>
> --
> Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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