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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sources for 41256 RAMS (was NO sources for 41256)
Message-ID: <1722@agora.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 03:46:35 GMT
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From article <4040@eagle.wesleyan.edu:, by jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu:
: In article <622@syteke.be:, jim@syteke.be (Jim Sanchez) writes:
:: Amazing as it seems, after posting my request for sources for RAMS to
:: expand my A2620 card I got ZERO sources.  I had suspected that lots of
:: folks out there had done the upgrade but all I received was requests
:: from others to pass along what I received.  Well since I got nothing,
:: that ain't too hard.  Again, if anyone knows where to get these things
:: and a reasonable price to pay let the net know. PLEASE!
: 
: Pick up a copy of Computer Shopper... you will find many establishments
: advertising rams. Prices change frequently, so just call three or four places
: to get a current 41256 price quote. From the December 1989 issue, here are a
: few:
: 
: [list deleted to conserve space...]

	All the sources and prices listed were for 256Kx1 drams. The A2620
uses 256Kx4 ZIP packaged drams. There a bit of a difference there! :-) But
Computer Shopper is still a very good idea. Try calling those sources and
asking for the correct chips. ZIPs are a bit tougher to come by than DIPs
in this case, but they shouldn't be all that hard to find.

: .. and so on. There are at least 10 different companies advertising chips in
: each issue. Call a few to get the best price quotes.
: --
: James A. Treworgy    -- No quote here for insurance reasons --
: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu         jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET
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