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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 32-bits: what's the big deal?
Message-ID: <1991May20.142911.22485@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 20 May 91 14:29:11 GMT
References: <674696625.0@blkcat.FidoNet>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <674696625.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes:
>
>    At the risk of starting a flame war, I'd like to question why there's such
>a flap over "32-bit clean" ROM's at the moment.
>
>* Currently, 4Mb SIMMs go for about $800 each; on 32-bit machines, SIMMs have
>to be matched in banks of four, so the minimum 4Mb SIMM configuration is 16Mb
>for $3200.    Does *anyone* out there have a Mac with 4Mb SIMMs?

Actually there are quite a few people out there with 4MB SIMMs in their
machines.  I know of a number of them locally.

Of course, Newer Technologies has announced the limited availability of
16 MEG SIMMs.  Since the parts are a bit scarce, they are priced in the
'premium' category:


	       $7,500 per SIMM!


And of course you need four at a time.  And 32-bit clean ROMs.  And a
LOT of extra income :-)

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