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From: dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SCSI Ram Disks (was Re: The Apple IIf)
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Date: 7 Mar 90 15:44:27 GMT
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In article <1149@madnix.UUCP> jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) writes:
>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).
>
>	Whoa! I can pick up an 80Mb SCSI HD (like a HH 5.25" SeaGate) that's
>fairly quick for $500.
>
>>Dave Whitney
>>dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu  ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw  dcw@athena.mit.edu
>                      Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP
>or, try:         astroatc!nicmad!madnix!jason@spool.cs.wisc.edu

I was talking about a complete HD system. If I open up a MacWEEK or
Macworld and flip to an ad for a HD, then I see prices of $400 for
20MB and then it goes up. I was thinking in terms of the average joe
who doesn't want to build his own. At that price, RAM is about 3 times
as much per meg as a HD (80ns for roughly $65 these days).

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