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From: nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SIMMs
Message-ID: <16508@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 4 Mar 90 07:51:04 GMT
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In article <1990Feb28.182359.15170@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes:
>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? :-)
>

Alex Lau of BMUG has pointed out that Korean and German factories are 
ramping up production of SIMMs, so we should stop thinking "us versus them".
I think Technology Works is often a little more expensive, but BMUG has
not heard any complaints, and besides, you get a torx wrench and a copy
of Fullwrite!  (or has the offer expired?)





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