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From: dave@bgtys6.uucp (Dave Hubert)
Subject: Re: RAM cards
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.214742.27669@bigsur.uucp>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References: <1991Mar18.104224@ee.ubc.ca> <1991Mar19.221048.7124@bigsur.uucp> <1991Mar20.035832.1506@soph.cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 91 21:47:42 GMT

In article <1991Mar20.035832.1506@soph.cs.ubc.ca> you write:
>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

I didn't have much of a problem sliding the cards in mine.  There was a little
resistance, but nothing that I wouldn't expect out of the ordinary.

-Dave.