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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Availability of 1 MB SIMMs in the US
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Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 10:50:40 EDT
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In article <1063@runx.ips.oz> clubmac@runx.OZ (Macintosh Users Group - Sydney, Australia) writes:
>  Which brings me to my question: How much are the SIMMs and who's the best
>  supplier? A supplier here in Australia is selling their own SIMMs ( made
>  with Toshiba (where's that damn sub?) 120ns 1-mbit chips) for $995 for
>  2 meg (US$700). We would like to see whether it is worthwhile to buy them
>  from the US.

I'm afraid it's that Damn Sub, indeed... you see, Toshiba makes 60% of the 1
MB SIMMs in the world, and the Toshiba freeze is making them damn difficult
to come by in the US.  You'll probably be able to find them more easily in
Australia; HOWEVER, Dove is selling the 2MB upgrade for US $669 through Icon
Review, so you're not getting any great deal.  If you're going to get the
chips direct, I'd hope you could get them cheaper than from Dove --
otherwise, what's the point?

Of coure, prices will (and are) going up here as the shortage for these
chips becomes acute...

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