28 Jan
2017
28 Jan
'17
5:32 p.m.
Thanks Guy!
Mystery solved!
I will put this note in with the memory stick..
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 1/28/2017 6:00:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ggs at shiresoft.com writes:
At one time IBM was the largest manufacturer of memory and consumed *all*
of
it internally (e.g. for IBM products). At the time all of IBM?s ICs were
in
the ?aluminum? cans unless they needed more exotic cooling.
In the PS/2 days, we ended up using some IBM produced memory because we
could
get a better internal transfer price than buying out in the market because
the
various IBM fabs had a bit of excess capacity and wanted it used.
TTFN - Guy
On Jan 28, 2017, at 11:44 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com
wrote:
The talk of PS2 memory brought something back to me I have in a
drawer
here...
ps2 memory - with weird square silver IBM Circuit packaged memory on
the stick.
What is the story on this? was IBM making it's own memory chips or
just
repackaging them into
their silver square packaging?
Now I will have to dig these things out.
Thank Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)