sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (12/30/87)
I just bought an 8 MB RAM expansion board (ASDG, Inc.) for my new
Amiga 2000. The board (unpopulated) looks pretty good (thanx, ASDG!).
My only gripe is that the documentation still refers to the Amiga 1000
version (not much point in supplying me with tests to run under
Workbench 1.1, is there?).
Now I must populate the board, with 1 Megabit by 1, 150 ns (or faster)
DRAMs. (1 MB = 8 DRAMs.) But I hunted thru the ads in BYTE magazine,
and the best price I could come up with was $31.95 for a 120 ns DRAM.
Does anyone know where 1 megabit x 1 DRAMs can be purchased more
cheaply? If so, could u please let me know? (Please reply directly
to me.) Thanx in advance!
Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730
Fone: (617)271-7753
ARPA: sdl@mitre-bedford.arpa
UUCP: ...{cbosgd,decvax,genrad,ll-xn,mit-eddie,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdluzun@wolf.UUCP (Roger Uzun) (01/01/88)
In article <20758@linus.UUCP>, sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes: > Now I must populate the board, with 1 Megabit by 1, 150 ns (or faster) > DRAMs. (1 MB = 8 DRAMs.) But I hunted thru the ads in BYTE magazine, > and the best price I could come up with was $31.95 for a 120 ns DRAM. > > Does anyone know where 1 megabit x 1 DRAMs can be purchased more.. I just got the same board and if you check on page 29 of the Nov 26th issue of EDN magazine you will see a copy of an add from OKI semiconductor in Sunnyvale for a limited time offer of 9 1mb DRams in plastic 18 pin DIP housing for $186.00 (limit 3). Thats where I ordered mine from. It is still a lot (almost $21.00/chip) but it is the best I could do for now. The problem at this point is really the yen vs $ imbalance. In any case you can call Audrey Mendez at 1-408-720-1900 and ask her if the offer is still on but I would do it right away. What I did is buy 18 of the chips which cost me $378.00 then sold the 2 I don't need to a local electronics dealer for $21.00 a piece so my new cost was not too high but in the short term anyone who needs 1MBit Drams is screwed. -Roger
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) (01/03/88)
In article <20758@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes: > > I just bought an 8 MB RAM expansion board (ASDG, Inc.) for my new > Amiga 2000... > > Now I must populate the board, with 1 Megabit by 1, 150 ns (or faster) > DRAMs. (1 MB = 8 DRAMs.) But I hunted thru the ads in BYTE magazine, > and the best price I could come up with was $31.95 for a 120 ns DRAM. > > Does anyone know where 1 megabit x 1 DRAMs can be purchased more > cheaply? Unfortunatly, 1MB DRAM's don't seem to be available cheaply. Take any advertised prices you see with a grain of salt, as they are usually out of date by what ever the publication's advertising lead time is, as much as 1-4 months... Best bet is to $CALL the places that either advertise only DRAM's or that carry an extensive line of mail-order components, as these places are often more on the ball than "we sell DRAM's for our PC clones" places. The advertisements in the "Computer Shopper" offer a considerably shorter lead-time than Byte or the other "glossies" and offer a larger playing field. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)