Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!ames!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: <1780@corpane.UUCP> Date: 7 May 90 20:30:11 GMT References: <79733@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <744@sagpd1.UUCP> <2252@awdprime.UUCP> <101993@convex.convex.com> Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky Lines: 30 swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: >ZIPPs are just about as space-saving as SIMMs are. SIMMs are more >expensive/Mbyte than individual chips. SIMMs for 4 Mbit chips are >still very expensive. You can populate your memory system cheaper >and in roughly the same space using ZIPPs. >Any questions? Well sort of. and some comments. First SIMMs aren't as expensive as ZIPs. and they are easier to find. I think it has something to do with the fact that SIMMs are more popular in the IBM-PC clone world, and mass production tends to lower the prices, as does competition. I have seen SIMMs for as low as $75/megabyte. How much would that cost in ZIPs? If you can find them. I think the price I heard last (from a friend who was pricing memory a while back) they were about $90-$100/megabyte. These were the 1mbit chips. I don't have the prices available for the 4mbit chips. Since they are new the prices are closer to each other (SIMM vs. ZIP). But I bet ya that the 4meg SIMMs will be easier to find and cheaper on a per Megabyte basis in a short time. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP | | PH: (502) 968-DISK A virtuous life is its own punishment.