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4GHZ_or_bust

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I didn't realize I've stockpiled on spare RAM until I was about to toss in a pair of 128MB SODIMM I retired when I upgraded 2 laptops earlier.

I took a good luck and I was like "YIKES!!!" :eek:

It's not helping me when I can't ID a small set of RAM. Physically it's smaller than PC66, about the same size as the early PowerPC L2 cache sticks but different keys.
 

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That's nothing compared to my RAM drawer. I cleaned mine out awhile back and got rid of a motherboard-sized antistatic bag full of 32-64MB PC100 DIMMS. I kept anything 128MB or greater, as well as all my SIMMs, DIPs, ZIPs, SIPPs, and random cache modules. They don't take up a lot of space, and once in awhile I'll need some strange memory for something or other.

As far as your unidentified sticks, perhaps you can get a better picture of them? Also, how many pins do they have? They look kinda like some of the old Mac VRAM modules.
 
I've had only 2 printers that could take RAM expansion. One is a Laserjet 4 that used common desktop memory sticks, and another was Laserjet 6 that used PCMCIA-esque card (same size, different pins)

Better closeup of the mystery RAM. Total of 57 contacts by the number on the stick, which seems a bit off. Each sticks has 4 chips, 2 on each side they all seems to be the same.
 

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That looks just like a module I have sitting here at my desk, apple P/N: 333-1072. I believe it is VRAM that came out of an old beige PowerMac (mine came out of a 7500).
 
That could be it. Beige PPC Vram, I have a PPC 9600 one of the last Mac to have more than 3 PCI slots.
 
Yep, I was right. They're 112-pin VRAM DIMMs, probably 1MB each. Used in 7x00, 8x00, and I think also the 9x00 Powermacs.
 
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