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From: figmo@eris.berkeley.edu (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 32-bits: what's the big deal?
Message-ID: <1991May21.215041.8748@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 21 May 91 21:50:41 GMT
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In article <33034@usc> kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) writes:
>In article <674696625.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes:
>
>>* 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?
>
>I've seen 4mb simms adverstised in the $200 range. Considering that 1mb
>simms are in the $50 range, that makes them roughly equivalent in cost
>per mb. 4mb simms are cheap enough now that I would put 16mb in my
>SE/30 today if only the darn thing would use it.

I DID.  I even bought mine from the Chip Merchant (the $159/ea folks).
NOW I'm waiting to be able to address the rest of my 16k.

--Lynn
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