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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: EZRAM II info needed
Summary: Surprising advice on DRAM
Message-ID: <8755@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 22 Jun 89 20:41:47 GMT
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In article <645@lzaz.ATT.COM>, hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:
> In article <8906220244.AA08485@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>, cmm1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christopher M Mauritz) writes:
> > 
> > I've been offered a brand new EZRAM II board with 2 megs of brand new 120ns
> > 1mbit DRAMs for $285.  Is this a good price?  I seem to remember several
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> However, for a 2 meg upgrade you should use the 100 ns drams.
> 
> Howard C. Johnson
> ATT Bell Labs
> att!lzaz!hcj
> hcj@lzaz.att.com
[The above is heavily edited, of course]

I'd like to hear more about this.  On paper, 120 ns DRAM is just right for
the ST design, and people tell me that ST-s work just fine with selected units
of nominally 150 ns DRAM.  What makes faster memory parts more desirable in
larger configurations?  (This is taking the Atari custom chips as a given, so
there's no option of speeding up the system clock).  And that price sure sounds
good: board + chips for the price of the chips.
                                      Steve J.