Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!att!bellcore!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga Custom Chips - Mem management and resou Message-ID: <20671@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 22:42:45 GMT References: <1991Apr4.034655.3681@uniwa.uwa.oz> <1991Apr5.144106.390@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <40924@cup.portal.com> <1991Apr5.173422.6215@news.iastate.edu> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 In article bruce@zuhause.MN.ORG (Bruce Albrecht) writes: >In article <1991Apr5.173422.6215@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes: >(and ZIPs already are twice as expensive as Mac/IBM SIMMs) When I say "expensive", I'm thinking from the C= viewpoint, not the average Joe on the street. When you buy them in quantities, DIP, ZIP, or SIMM are all around the same price. Last I looked, actually, SIMM were the most expensive. When you buy memory, though, you have to consider who you're buying from. You are certainly not buying it from NEC or Toshiba, probably from Fred's Computer Jungle or somesuch place. If you're buying a part that's available everywhere, Fred can't charge you alot for it. And its easier for Fred to get in the first place. If you're buying a relatively unusual part (static column SIMMs are likely just as unusual as static column ZIPs, anyway, from Fred's point of view), you get charged more. So, back to the original discussion. A memory part that really costs us 2x, assuming it even exists in production volumes, could very well wind up costing you 4x or more, and you might not even be able to get it. So there are very good arguments, at present, against any system requirement for 50ns DRAM. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M.