Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!tank!gargoyle!igloo!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Why not SIMMs? (was Re: A3000) Message-ID: <1791@corpane.UUCP> Date: 8 May 90 19:52:22 GMT References: <79733@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <744@sagpd1.UUCP> <2252@awdprime.UUCP> <11288@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky Lines: 23 daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >>It would seem foolish for any new personal workstation to not use >>something as common (and cheap) as SIMMs... What am I missing? >SIMMs cost more than ZIPs. I just called around. 256K x 4 100ns ZIPs are $12/ea and 1 meg SIMMs @ 80 ns are $75 so for 1 meg of mem: ZIPs = $96 SIMM = $75 ZIP prices were gotten from Semitech 1-800-356-3759 SIMM prices from IC Express 1-800-892-8889 -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP | | PH: (502) 968-DISK If you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.