can anyone identify these memory chips?

[rANGER11]

Hey everyone,

I was doing some cleanout at work today and found some memory chips and I'm not exactly sure what kind of memory it is or what it is for, can anyone identify these?

IMG: http://uidzer0.org/chips.jpg

thanks!

Ben

 

[Ionizer86]

Hmm, they say 1991 on them, there's one notch, and the notch is like in the middle of the sticks. If the sticks aren't very long, I'd say they're probably some type of SIMMs (EDO, FPM, etc).

 

[rANGER11]

I thought that at first as well but they also say "flash" on the chips so I'm starting to think maybee they go in a router?

 

[rANGER11]

ah... if it helps they also appear to have 72pins

 

[Mday]

flash memory modules

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jochens/upgrade.htm

how big are they? the early hand held computers used some of these. other computers also used these chips. as for the use of the actual modules, i have no idea since i cant find the USR part number anywhere.

 

[BoomAM]

Printer Memory?

 

[crypticlogin]

These are probably flash upgrade modules for USR modem banks, e.g. the ones ISPs would buy if they had a rack of modems that support X standard but the new flash modules support Y standard. At the time, it was a simple way of fighting off obsolesence.

 

[rANGER11]

Originally posted by: tenchim
These are probably flash upgrade modules for USR modem banks, e.g. the ones ISPs would buy if they had a rack of modems that support X standard but the new flash modules support Y standard. At the time, it was a simple way of fighting off obsolesence.

this could definatly be correct, i work for an isp...

-Ben