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From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Reasonably priced IIfx???
Message-ID: <52756@coherent.coherent.com>
Date: 12 Apr 90 20:58:50 GMT
References: <7616@goofy.Apple.COM> <23538.2620efdc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <134231@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
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In article <134231@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:

> At least one third-party vendor has announced that they will be
> selling the fancy 64-pin SIMMs...for about half of Apple's
> price.

There were at least two vendors on the main floor at MacWorld yesterday,
offering 1-meg fx-compatible SIMMs.  One big seller was asking $139/meg,
while a small "buy direct out of the box" vendor was asking $109/meg.
4-meg fx-compatible SIMMs will be available shortly.



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