Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ram Chips...
Keywords: Cost, Price, OHMYGOD!, IThinkI'mGonnaBarf
Message-ID: <3860@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 88 15:32:16 GMT
References: <724@csm9a.UUCP> <10934@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <10934@steinmetz.ge.com> oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP writes:
> By the end of this year, the DRAM shortage should abate, as new
> production facilities both in the US and abroad are brought
> up to full capability.

> Dennis O'Connor   oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP  ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa

	Sorry, Dennis, you left out one important fact:  the shortage will
abate, but only for 1Meg chips.  The production of 256K drams is still going
down, as lines are taken off line to switch over to megabit parts (which
takes a while).  So you'll never see $2.50 for 256K chips again, and probably
never see $5.00.

Randell Jesup		{uunet|ihnp4|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup