Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: No SIMMS (was FullWrite Professional) Message-ID: <3133@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 19 May 88 14:15:53 GMT References: <17405@cornell.UUCP> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 22 In article <17405@cornell.UUCP>, hal@gvax.cs.cornell.edu (Hal Perkins) writes: > In article <13618@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> sarrel@kazoo.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes: > >If you know of any way to get SIMMs in a reasonable amount of time, > >please let me know. (Don't tell anyone else, though, until my order > >comes in. :-) ) > > I've been on a waiting list to get more memory for my Mac Plus for > several months now. Last weekend I checked with the service person at > my local computer store and she said that the latest Apple service > bulletin now lists SIMMS as "not currently available" -- i.e. they have > been more-or-less withdrawn from the catalog until the chip supply > situation improves. It doesn't matter if you are a member of the > university consortium or just an ordinary customer. You'll have to > wait. Apple has informed us that an order placed now with them for memory will probably be filled sometime in September. I am not entirely sure that this will be the case; we are expecting late October delivery. Also, get your orders out by June 6! The prices are going up by at least 42%, more in some cases. Michael Niehaus UUCP: ..!{uunet,pur-ee,iuvax}!bsu-cs!mithomas