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From: hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 100ns SC ZIPs fast enough for A3000-25?
Message-ID: <hclausen.2863@adspdk.CBMNET>
Date: 1 Sep 90 13:43:20 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.230504.19264@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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>In article <1990Aug30.230504.19264@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc) writes:
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>The subject line says it all!  Are 100ns static column DRAMs (ZIPs) fast
>enough for best-memory-speed operation on an Amiga 3000? 

   They might be - they're just not guaranteed to be all over the normal
temperature range, or some other marginal spec.

>every post about SC ZIPs seems to be talking about the price of 80ns chips.

   In the manual, it's clearly documented that you need 80 ns parts, so that's
what I did.
 
>And how about those prices!  The best price for 1Mx4 SC ZIPs in the ads of
>the September 1990 issue of Amiga World is $64!!  That's $128 per megabyte!
>Has somebody out there found a better price?

   Unitex offered me a price of $60, so don't expect it to be better at the 
moment. But compare that to prices of ram boards - any 2M boards at $240 ?

   Or get yourself 16 1M parts, and upgrade further when the 4M parts are
down at $30.

>shipping with 50MB HDs?  

   Mine had a 40, but that was back in May. Others say they do.

                                                -Henrik

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