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From: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SCSI Ram Disks (was Re: The Apple IIf)
Message-ID: <1149@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 90 12:55:25 GMT
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Reply-To: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
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dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes:
> [Nuked stuff related to EEPROMS and the like]
> [Mentions a SCSI RAM disk, using SIMMs]
> RAM is about twice as expensive now as hard disks were
>two years ago (yeah, a bad comparison). I estimate that in a year or
>two RAM prices for small amounts will cost roughly the same as the
>same amount of magnetic memory.

	Whoa! I can pick up an 80Mb SCSI HD (like a HH 5.25" SeaGate) that's
fairly quick for $500. Now, just to make life easier for me, lets say that
RAM is going for $50 a meg (and if anyone can find 80ns quality SIMMs for
that, _please_ let me know...). Now, $50*80=$4000, so that's what, 8 times
as much? I've been told (haven't really looked) that it's possible to get a
20Mb drive for $109, and that's about 10 times cheaper than the same amount
of RAM. This isn't even getting into 3.5" disks, where you can pick up a meg
for a few bucks - granted, there are speed differences ;).

	I've seen some pretty serious RAM price fluctuation recently, but I
don't think that it's probable that RAM prices will continue to take such a
serious dive. So, did I just really misread your post, am I missing
something, or do you think that RAM prices will actually continue to drop at
the rate that they have been?

>Dave Whitney
>dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu  ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw  dcw@athena.mit.edu


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