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From: timp@gcc-milo.ARPA (Tim Peacock)
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Subject: Re: RAM ugrades
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Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 16:25:06 EST
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In reference to the reliability of sockets:

I seem to recall the rule of thumb being:

The addition of a socketed chip, in place of a soldered chip has the
same effect upon reliability as adding another chip.  I believe this comes
from an ATT manual on reliability.

Thus, if Apple (for example) was to add socketed RAMs, it would be 
equivalent, in terms of reliability, to adding 16 more chips to the
digital board.  All in all, I'll take the soldered version.

				Tim Peacock