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From: klotz@cbnewsd.att.com (david.a.klotzbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1 Megabit DRAMS; 80-ns 32 of them; $150
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.164557.8982@cbnewsd.att.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:45:57 GMT
References: <1991Feb3.050247.20455@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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From article <1991Feb3.050247.20455@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by fenger@galaxy.uucp (Steven V Fenger):
> In article <1991Feb2.211543.7572@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
> rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) stuck in the IBM world writes:
> 
>>>Anybody want 32 1 Megabit DRAM 80ns Motorola chips for $150 dollars?
>>>(4 Megs)     ^^
>>It takes *36* 1MB chips to make 4 MBytes (9 per bank).  Anyways, $150.00
> It takes 36 chips if you have parity memory.  You only need *32* for
> machines such as Macs which don't use parity memory.
                    ^^^
Since this is comp.sys.ibm.pc, who cares how many chips it takes to make
a meg on a mac? The point remains, 32 chips are worthless to an
IBM.pc user.

As for price:
From Feb. 1991 Computer Shopper:
1 MBIT	1000kx1	60ns	5.95	or 9 @ 53.55  or 8 @ 47.60
		70ns	4.90	or 9 @ 44.10  or 8 @ 39.20
		80ns	4.65	or 9 @ 41.85  or 8 @ 37.20!!! or
							148.80 for 32
		100ns	4.40	or 9 @ 39.60  or 8 @ 35.20
from ->	I.C. Express 
	15140 Valley Boulevard,
	City of Industry, 
	CA 91744
As you can see, $150 is $1.20 higher than mail order, also IC Express has
been around long enough that they have passed the test of time.

> Steven Fenger
> fenger@cps.msu.edu