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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
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Subject: Re: 3000 Ram Chips
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Date: 10 Apr 91 17:07:23 GMT
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In article <1991Apr9.235731.1952@cs.uoregon.edu> rlittle@comix.cs.uoregon.edu (Robert A. Little) writes:
>
>Well, after weeks of searching, my relentless pursuit of inexpensive
           [...description of searching for companies deleted...]
>80 ns 1M by 4 Zips (Static Column)  for $37.50  (4 megs for $300)
>
>The company is called Visionsoft, PO Box 22517, Carmel CA, 93922, phone
>is 800-735-2633...
                              [...]

Here are some prices I've grabbed off this group in the past...

)>      ...1M x 4 80ns ZIP's (Hitachi HM514402) for $35 each
)>from:
)>
)>    AMT International
)>    2393 Qume Drive
)>    San Jose, CA  95131
)>    Phone: 408-432-1790
)>    FAX: 408-944-9801

)>My quest for cheap RAM has ended in my own backyard.
)>
)>Multimedia Design (916) 372-3822
)>
)>1Mbit x 4 80 ns scram ZIP's : $35 each, or $280 for four megabytes.


)>I just called them this morning re. the price of 1Mbx4 80ns s-c ZIPs.  The
)>person I talked to gave me a price of $38/ZIP for a quantity of 16 (not
)>including shipping);  alert readers will note that this is fairly close
)>to the $/Mb level of the 256Kx4's I got last August...seems the prices of
)>these chips are finally getting reasonable.  I didn't check the 256Kx4
)>prices.
)>
)>BJS's phone number is 408-748-9762.

These are all old quotes.  The price of these chips continues to drop.

This quote is from this week's EETimes ad by Microprocessors Unlimited, Inc.
(918) 267-4961.  They are generally about 5-10% higher priced than the cut-
rate chip dealers that advertize in Computer Shopper magazine in the States:

1Megx4 dram - $34

I expect these chips to hit around $20 each within 6 mos.
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