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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Scott Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Upgrading Memory (was Re: 1Mb SIMMs available)
Summary: Exactly what must I do to upgrade to 2.5M?
Message-ID: <8378@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 11 May 89 18:19:54 GMT
References: <790001@hpnmdla.HP.COM> <111900060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <3175@tank.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Scott Kendig)
Organization: Department of Computer Engineering, Princeton University, NJ
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In article <3175@tank.uchicago.edu> wjb1@tank.uchicago.edu (Bill Buikema) writes:
>In article <111900060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>>Technology Works in Austin, TX has 100ns, low profile SIMMs with a lifetime
warranty for $159.  I am not associated with TW, but I have been immensely
happy with the service I have received in previous orders.
>
>I just called Data Memory Systems Co. in Lawrence, MA, and they quoted me a
>price of $150 for 100ns low profile SIMMs with a lifetime warranty. Their 
>number is (800)662-SIMM.  I have no association with DMS, but I may soon 
>order some of their SIMMs.

Let me get this straight, because Macintosh memory upgrades have always
confused me:

All I need to do is call one of these companies, say "Gimme two 1M SIMMs" (in
slightly more prosaic wording), fork over ~$300, pop open my Mac SE, swap
two of the existing chips with the two new 1M (each, right?) things, and
seal the whole tamale up again, and I'll have a 2.5M Macintosh on my hands?

Does anyone know of any better offers on memory chips?

Should I buy now, or hope that the prices will drop further?

And what, precisely, are DRAM chips, and are they a feasible (and cheap!)
option?

Any explanations to clear this up would be greatly appreciated!

     << Brian >>