Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Where to buy cheap DEC3100 SIMMs? Message-ID: <13880@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 19 Aug 90 06:18:42 GMT References: <15500016@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 32 In article emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: > In article <15500016@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> sritacco@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Steve Ritacco) writes: > > Clearpoint > 508-435-2000 > > Wasn't shipping them, gave me a price quote that was about 3x what I > considered a fair price for memories. Funny, I bought some Clearpoint ones months ago thru a third party - work good. > Standard Memories > 800-543-3323 > > Offered a 7 day shipping time, at a price that was about 2x what I > considered fair. > > I'm not going to quote prices cause they aren't necessarily the price you'd > get, but for point of comparison I can outfit a Sun SS1+ with memory at > a price for which I'm prepared to spend 50% more on and still be reasonably > happy. One thing you might want to keep in mind is that, unlike Sun or Mac SIMM's, the one for the DS3100 are a custom design, rather than being stock memory manufacturer products resold at a competitive markup. I guess this doesn't bother DEC and it's nothing compared to the pain of VAX6000/DS58XX XMI memory boards... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)