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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
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Subject: Re: 16Mbyte for VS2000
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Date: 9 Mar 90 18:00:21 GMT
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In article <90061.132705STRCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, STRCC@CUNYVM (Stuart
Cohnen) writes:
> A Clearpoint salesperson is trying to sell me a 16mbyte memory board
> for my VS2000(s).  Anyone with any experience with one of these beasts?
> I'm skeptical since the documentation for the VS2000 seems to say the max
> is 14 Mbytes (2 Megs on the mother board and 12 on the Daughter board)
> Clearpoint sells this 16Mbyte daughter board, which shuts down the
> 2Mbyte on the mother board, allowing the system to see 16Mbytes.
> Price: at GSA schedule $2100! Can't beat that!
> 

That is a really good price!  We bought the *8Meg* board for $2395 in
February and  we normally get GSA pricing.  
I guess the vendor we went to didn't offer GSA discounts.
We have had no problems with the 8 meg board and installation couldn't
have been easier.
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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.