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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Re: Convenient Kickstart, selling t
Message-ID: <414@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Jun-86 13:14:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.414
Posted: Mon Jun 16 13:14:05 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jun-86 04:04:08 EDT
References: <151400036@uicsl>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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> Nf-ID: #R:<8606110541.AA01162@pavepaws>:-29:uicsl:151400036:000:978
> Nf-From: uicsl.UUCP!hr    Jun 13 10:05:00 1986
> 
> 
> ...
> Redesign the the board. Get rid of the 64k x 4 chips and use 256k x 1.
> In low quantities, the by 1s are significantly cheaper than the by 4s.
> (I have no idea what the difference is in quantity.)
> 512k for the user, 256k for the WCS and 256k the two could fight for!
> Not only would there be more memory available, you could lose the plug
> in. (Getting that past the FCC must have been fun.)
> 
> 
> 	harold ravlin		{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uicsl!hr

In the quantities Commodore as a whole has been buying in, at least, there's
little to no difference in DRAM prices between the 64K x 4 and the 256K x 1
parts.

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Dave Haynie    {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh

"As a dreamer of dreams and a travellin' man, I had chalked up many a mile."
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