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From: nfs@notecnirp.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 32-bit Memory Upgrade for NEC
Keywords: Memory, Compaq, NEC, Toshiba
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Date: 9 Feb 90 11:57:19 GMT
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In article <1990Feb8.220026.25073@athena.mit.edu> mikew@athena.mit.edu (Michael B Williams) writes:
]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!!!
]...

You should consider yourself fortunate.  Toshiba wants ~$1200 for an extra
2Mb in a T5100.  The best price I've seen is ~$1000.  Does anyone know of
a better price?

Norbert