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From: thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 1 MB SIMM for $199 ??
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Date: 2 Feb 89 21:48:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!thompson    Feb  2 15:48:00 1989


>Its true
>
>MacProductsUSA (1-800-mac-disk) had a booth advertizing SIMMs fpr $199.
>they said that they made the SIMMS themselves, using 120ns DIPs.
>
>The nromal price in Macworld was about $254.
>
>TeriAnn

I'm a bit confused... I'm thinking of upgrading my memory to 2.5 M, and
 I was looking at Dove's MacSnap 2SE -- currently at $439 through
 MacConnection, et al.  Why are 1 M SIMMs at $199 a good deal?  Seems
 to me, for $40 more, I can get the Dove kit along with some sort
 of warranty and an indication of quality.  Since apparently having
 just one 1 M SIMM is useless (they have to be in pairs, or so I've
 heard), how could a price of $254 per SIMM sell at all, when Dove is
 at roughly 220?

Has anybody upgraded an SE (or Plus) from 1 M to 2.5 M, using Dove?
 Using anything else?  Can you do it yourself, if you buy the raw
 SIMMs?  Has anybody done this with any success?

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