From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) Subject: Re: Are any SIMMs cheap t Date: 8 Aug 1993 21:53:00 GMT
R >>Parity is a very low cost feature compared to the problems it
R >>catches before things go to hell. Without it an error can
R >>corrupt all your data without being caught.
R >
R >With parity errors just bringing your machine to a sudden halt, you can
R >corrupt all your filesystems and lose all your data. But at least you'll
R >know why :-)
You'd rather let it continue until there was nothing recognizable left?
No thanks, I'll take the parity halt every time!