More Hardware questions

[Kevin Brown]

> I also plan on taking the memory out of the compaq! I now have the chips in my 
> hot little hands and they say 'ED0'. Are those the correct chips? My 
> computers chips are pc100 are they compatible? Another couple of cips say 
> '2x32-60/4ED0'. Help me out here. What am I looking at?
> 
> Guess what. The hard drive says on it that it's SCSI  but the CD Rom does not. 
> So it appears that I can take the CD Rom but not the HD nor the memory. 
> Please tell me if I am correct about the CD Rom. I'll bring the unuseable 
> hardware for doorprizes at the party on the 12th.

EDO == Extendended Data Output.  This stuff predates SDRAM, which means PC100 
memory will not work.  As for the numbers 2x32-60  I would guess that it is an 
8MB Non-ECC (ECC == Error Correction Code and usually is noted by the a number 
like 36) stick of memory that runs at 60ns access time (or is it read time, 
can't remember).  Current RAM is down to less than 7ns to give you a comparison 
of speed.