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From: minh@parns.nsc.com (Minh Nguyen)
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Subject: Ram and Disk Prices
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Date: 11 Apr 90 18:31:03 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 117, message 14

Patrick Goebel wrote a while back,

>*** PRICES ***
>
>My estimate of $500 per 4-Mb SIMM was apparently a little wishful.  The
>best prices reported were $625/chip from Helios and $725/chip from
>Clearpoint.  However, these figures are dropping daily.

and Mark Horstman,

>I'm going to be buying an external disk for my SS1 real soon. Could 
>anyone provide some direction concerning which 3rd party drives can be 
>used.  Where can I get them? Should I just bite the bullet and pay 5X as 
>much for a Sun disk?

You should try to call Acropolis at (408) 946-6947.  They have prices for
4-Mb SIMM pretty close to what you're thinking.  They also have good
prices as well as support for disk and tape subsystems too.

We've purchased an add-on memory board for our Sun3-50 from them, and are
pretty happy with the price and performance.