Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nbires!isis!csm9a!ngorelic
From: ngorelic@csm9a.UUCP (Noel Gorelick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Ram Chips...
Keywords: Cost, Price, OHMYGOD!, IThinkI'mGonnaBarf
Message-ID: <724@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: 22 May 88 05:36:59 GMT
Organization: Big Blue Box
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     I recently went down to my local Amiga computer dealer to look
into getting some memory expansion stuff for my 1000.
     I figured I'd probably get an Insider board with 512K or so to
start with, and perhaps add RAM a bit at a time when I could afford
it.

     He said "An insider board, no problem, got one right here...
But, thats of course with 0k in it.  Your probablly gonna have to
wait a while on chips, 2-3 months, but when they come in, I'll grab
you a couple.  It takes 32 for a meg, how many do you want?"  "Gosh" I
said, " probably about 16 or so...   (very naively) How much are they?"
     Without batting an eye, he says, very calmly, "$16.50"
       I almost fainted.  "Apiece?!?"
       "My god, thats... $500.00 for a Meg!  I can get an entire
computer for that much!"

     Ok, so the first question here is, what do I do?  I can't
afford $500/meg.  And the price doesn't appear to be going down real
soon.  I figured it would be cheaper to buy an expasion board for
the 2000, unsolder the chips, and put them on a board for the 1000.
but thats still $300/Meg...

     Any suggestions?  Anybody know a good chip dealer in Tokoyo?
                       Anybody know how much round-trip tickets are to Japan?

"Your kidding, You mean it's         |      ngorelic@csm9a 
    supposed to make those noises?"  |   ...udenva!isis!csm9a!ngorelic
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