Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!cramer@sun.com From: cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: SIMM vendors (summary) Message-ID: <98967@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 13 Apr 89 23:49:19 GMT References: <98403@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 90 In-reply-to: cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) I asked >Now that memory prices are starting to go down, I'm thinking of upgrading >my Mac Plus. Does anyone have experience with the mail-order vendors >listed in the back of MacWeek? I'm particularly interested in "MacProducts >USA", who seem to have pretty good prices. > >Also, any advice on whether to go with SIMMS made of DIPs (cheaper) or with >SIMMS made from surface-mount devices (lower-profile)? I received the following responses to my query. It sounds like it makes sense to buy surface-mount SIMMS if there is any possibility that you might add an accelerator or display to your Mac Plus. Thanks to all those who responded! ------ From: Mike Kranzdorf I just bought a bunch from Technology Works, and am perfectly happy. At the time (3 weeks ago) they were by far the chaepest. $190/SIMM for low profile 100ns NEC chips. They will buy your 256K SIMMS (if <= 120ns) for $25 each. I bought low profile because I have a full height drive in my Mac II, and they were cheaper anyway. Technology Works offers a LIFETIME replacement garantee, even if your Mac gets hit by lightning! --mikek ------ From: newman@emx.utexas.edu (David Newman) I have only had experience with MacProducts at their retail store here in Austin. They were rude, not helpful, and they basically jerked me around for 3 weeks while I was trying to buy a modem. I have heard rumors that the only SIMMS they sell are NOT the low-profile kind that is desirable. >>Dave ------ From: rrw%naucse.UUCP@arizona.edu (Robert Wier) We bought a couple of 1 m simms from Mac Connection about a month ago. I installed 'em yesterday, and they work find. I'd strongly suggest the surface mount devices, although we got the DIP... but the fit was VERY tight. --BW ------ From: James Fitzwilliam I ordered my upgrade to 2.5M from Mac Products -- they were fantastic. The man on the phone was very helpful, they charged the whole thing to my Amex without problems, and the order came by courier within days. When I ordered, the low-profile chips were an extra $20 apiece. I got them because I eventually want an accelerator for my Plus, and most of these in-the-box expansions depend on having no bigger than standard SIMMs. If you are on the cheap are sure that you'll NEVER, ever, want to put an internal upgrade in your plus, get DIP, but I would say get the 120ns low-profile. They cost practically the same, and they'll be much easier to sell if you ever want to unload them. James ------ From: claris!ames!jade.berkeley.edu!lauac%QAL.Berkeley.EDU@apple.com For a Mac Plus, it probably doesn't matter whether you use DIP or surface-mount chips. Unless you have some sort of accelerator board or funky fan that DIP SIMMs will conflict with. BMUG has had good ratings on the Chip Merchant in San Diego. They've consistently had the lowest prices in the back of MacWeek, and they've got a pretty good service reputation. --- Alex ------ From: claris!ames!rutgers.edu!lafcol!buyskes@apple.com Message-Id: <8904131102.AA21156@lafcol.UUCP> To: oliveb!sun!cramer@apple.com I ordered 100ns DIP 1-meg SIMMS from MacProducts last November (for $300 each, sigh . . .), and had no problems whatsoever in my Mac II. They shipped them promptly, but the shipping was a little pricy. Sam