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From: mikew@athena.mit.edu (Michael B Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 32-bit Memory Upgrade for NEC
Keywords: Memory, Compaq
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Date: 8 Feb 90 22:00:26 GMT
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I've been trying to upgrade the memory on my NEC Powermate SX with the
special 4MB memory expansion board that NEC offers.  After calling around,
I find that most of the clone board makers don't have it, and the lowest
local dealer wants $1010.  I was about to get it, but a friend insisted
that's too much to pay.  Sure enough, PC Week shows prices hovering around
$100 per MB!!!  That's over $600 for the 0K board!!!

Does anyone know of a place to get NEC memory boards cheap?  (Or even for
a reasonable price, like Marshall L. Buhl found the 4MB Compaq memory for
$600?)  Failing that, would a standard $99 AT memory board suffice?

...Mike

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