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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SIMMs
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Date: 28 Feb 90 18:23:59 GMT
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The basenote said something about how System 7's release would cause SIMM
prices to go up.

I think the price increase has more to do with the Japanese manufacturers
slowing down production and drying up excess supply.  They had been flooding
the market with RAM chips to make it appear to be very unprofitable for
US Memories (now defunct) to enter the chip market.  As soon as US Memories
collapsed, all the major Japanese manufacturers cut production.  Big
surprise there, eh? :-)

Chris
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