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From: palmermg@infonode.ingr.com (Michael G. Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ram Prices (Was: info on cost of Amiga 3000 and educational discount)
Message-ID: <1990Sep28.153946.4430@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 28 Sep 90 15:39:46 GMT
References: <1826@nemesis.stsci.edu> <MWM.90Sep27111001@raven.pa.dec.com>
Reply-To: palmermg@infonode.UUCP (Michael G. Palmer)
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In article <MWM.90Sep27111001@raven.pa.dec.com> mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes:
>In article <1826@nemesis.stsci.edu> scott@stsci.EDU (Jim Scott) writes:
>   At $57/chip for the 1Mx4 static column ZIPS (bank of
>   8 to get 4MEG RAM) that's $110/MEG.  The 256x4 are even more per MEG
>   (8 x $15 for a MEG, or $120).
>
>If you're paying $15 per part for the 256Kx4 SCRAM ZIPS, you're being
>screwed. I got mine for $6/part. That makes the price $48/Meg. I also
>got quotes that beat your price for 1Mx4 SCRAMs, but by 20%, not 60%.
>That still leaves the 4Mb parts nearly twice as expensive as the 1Mb
>parts for each meg.
>
>	<mike
>--
>How many times do you have to fall			Mike Meyer
>While people stand there gawking?			mwm@relay.pa.dec.com
>How many times do you have to fall			decwrl!mwm
>Before you end up walking?