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From: rad@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Dick Dramstad)
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Subject: Re: query: VAX 8500 - new memory technology
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Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 08:44:49 EST
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Walter,

>We are about to replace one of our old VAX 11/780's (with old 4MByte memory)
>by a new VAX 8500 with (very soon old) 20 Megabytes of main storage.
>DEC tells us that the new memory boards are not yet available and no prices
>are available as well. We only do have the choice -
>either wait for a few more months or buy - once again - old memory.
>Are there already 8500's with new (max.80MByte) boards already available or
>orderable in the U.S. ?

	About a week and a half ago I received the Fall 1986 DECdirect
plus Update catalog.  It lists the new memory boards for the 8500/8550
and 8700/8800.  The upgrades include two 16MB memory boards.  The new
expanded backplane that accomodates the wider double-sided
surface-mounted boards comes free.  For the 8500/8550, the part number
is MS85-HA (MS88-HA for the 8700/8800), and the list price (U.S.) is
$64,000.  Of course, there's no way of knowing from here how long it
will take before they're delivered in Germany.

Dick Dramstad (no, not Darmstadt)
rad@mitre-bedford.arpa