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Subject: Re: RAM cards
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.035832.1506@soph.cs.ubc.ca>
Date: 20 Mar 91 03:58:32 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.221048.7124@bigsur.uucp> dave@bgtys6.uucp (Dave Hubert) writes:
>In article <1991Mar18.104224@ee.ubc.ca> jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca writes:
>>OK, I'm starting to get tempted by cheap EPSON, Smith Corona type RAM cards.
>>Any good places to buy these? I'm up in Canada, so even if I could FIND them,
>>there'd still be an obscene amount of tax and markup on them. So where should
>>I get one. I don't feel like driving to Seattle, so Blaine would be ok,
>>or Bellingham,
>>or Point Roberts would be great.
>>
>>jpm
>
>Up here, in Canada, you can get 32K smith corona cards for $32.  Thanks alot 
>to jcohen@scarecrow for your post.  I did the same thing.  I let my fingers do
>some walking through the yellow pages under typewritters, and low and behold,
>there were 3 Smith Corona dealers here in Ottawa.  I phoned up one, and asked
>if they carried the smith-corona part number S75531 and amazingly enough they
>said yes...WOW!  

I have a question: how do the Smith-Corona cards fit? I bought a Portfolio
over the weekend and bought some 32K RAM cards with it. I compare those to
my Equation Library card and they're the same size. But when I tried to 
insert the RAM card into my 48sx, they don't seem to want to fit. I.e., there
was a lot of resistance. I did not persist since I didn't want to end up with
a 48sx with a broken slot. Anyways, I got the RAM card from A&B Sound for
$32.99. BTW, these Atari cards don't have the contacts covers as the HP cards.
Do the Smith Corona card have the cover?

George