Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lll-winken!xanth!abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov!tadguy From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Why not SIMMs? (was Re: A3000) Message-ID: Date: 2 May 90 21:59:32 GMT References: <79733@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <744@sagpd1.UUCP> <2252@awdprime.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Organization: NASA/Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA Lines: 11 In-reply-to: robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com's message of 30 Apr 90 14:57:43 GMT In article <2252@awdprime.UUCP> robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000) writes: > The specs I have say 4Meg in 1Meg ZIPS and 16Meg in 4Meg ZIPS. Ok, I'll ask the stupid question I haven't seen yet: Why doesn't the A3000 use SIMMs? It would seem foolish for any new personal workstation to not use something as common (and cheap) as SIMMs... What am I missing? ...tad