From: root@umibox.hanse.de (Bernd Meyer) Subject: Re: Are any SIMMs cheap these day$ ? Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 10:14:10 GMT
> Parity is a very low cost feature compared to the problems it
>catches before things go to hell. Without it an error can
>corrupt all your data without being caught.
With parity errors just bringing your machine to a sudden halt, you can
corrupt all your filesystems and lose all your data. But at least you'll
know why :-)
Bernie
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