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From: lef@raybed2.ray.com (LEE FYOCK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SIMM prices
Keywords: SIMM memory money
Message-ID: <1487@raybed2.ray.com>
Date: 20 Mar 90 17:26:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Mass.
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After Mark Vita's post about rising SIMM prices, I finally decided
to quit waiting for prices to bottom out, and buy a couple megs
for my Plus.  So, last night I dug out the February MACWORLD and called
almost every 800 number in their list of SIMM dealers.  Here are
the results:  (prices are dollars/meg, except where noted)

Dealer			Phone			Price
Computer Care		800/950-2273		$99
Delta Research Labs	800/999-1593		$66
Mac Discount Warehouse	800/233-4426		$99
MacProducts USA		800/622-3475		$79
Micron Technology	800/642-7661		$180/pair
Pinnacle Sales Int'l	800/622-1722		$80
Third Wave Computing	800/284-0486		$71
Newer Technology	800/678-3726		$80
Allegiance Group	800/726-7466		$85
Data Memory Systems	(Number not available in my area)
Dr. Mac			800/825-6227		$85
Hardware House		800/726-4622	(heard a modem carrier signal)
MacConnection		800/334-4444		$89
MacLand			800/333-3353		$169/pair
MacTel Technology	800/950-8411		$74
MacWarehouse		800/255-6227		$89
Memory Masters		800/726-2897		$85
Micro Electronic Tech.	800/766-7466		$70
Programs Plus		800/832-3201		$89
Shecom Computers	800/366-4433		$69
South Coast El'nics	800/289-8801	(sales staff in meeting)
Technology Works	800/622-2210		***
The Chip Merchant	800/426-6375		+++
Turbo Technologies	800/542-7466		No answer

*** Technology Works is offering a free copy of Fullwrite Professional
with 4 megabytes.  FWP is $39 when you purchase 2 megabytes.  TW
quoted (I think---can't read my writing) $89/meg, and after
I said I didn't need FWP, TW quoted $79/meg "as an educational discount".
I hadn't said that I was a student.  I'm not.

+++ The Chip Merchant said that they had no SIMMs in stock, the last
quoted price was $66/SIMM, but they probably wouldn't have any in
stock until Wednesday or Thursday.

I apologize for and claim no responsibility for misspelled names
and/or misquotes.  This list is not meant to be comprehensive in scope.
This post is not meant to be a recommendation of any kind.  But in case
you care, I ended up buying from Delta Research Labs.  100ns SIMMs,
the boards have a lifetime warrantee, the chips are warranteed for
1 year (Delta makes the boards, but their chip supplier will only give
them a year warrantee).  $8 shipping for second day air ($5 for ground).

My employer's views have no correlation to mine, etc.  I doubt that
they care about SIMM prices anyway.

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Lee Fyock                             Raytheon, MSD
lef@raybed6.RAY.COM                   Advanced Systems Section
         "The software we write never completes.
          It runs until the chip vaporizes."