chris@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Chris Magnuson) (05/06/89)
I've got a line on some 1Mb SIMMs for any Macintosh (100 ns access) for $200. Call 707-257-3909 before May 19, leave message.
jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (05/09/89)
I've got a better line on them!! Technology Works in Austin, TX has 100ns, low profile SIMMs with a lifetime warranty for $159. I am not associated with TW, but I have been immensely happy with the service I have received in previous orders. Jeff jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) (05/09/89)
>I've got a line on some 1Mb SIMMs for any Macintosh (100 ns access) >for $200. Call 707-257-3909 before May 19, leave message. Fry's has them for $179, 100ns or 120ns (why the choice, I don't know). However, these are the "high-profile" SIMMs.
bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) (05/10/89)
>>I've got a line on some 1Mb SIMMs for any Macintosh (100 ns access) >>for $200. Call 707-257-3909 before May 19, leave message. > >Fry's has them for $179, 100ns or 120ns (why the choice, I don't know). >However, these are the "high-profile" SIMMs. Yesterday, I noticed that Haltek has unmounted, surface-mount 1-Mbit DRAMs, for about $9 each (100 ns are slightly more expensive than 120ns). If you could get the SIMM boards and were a careful solderer, you could make 1-Meg SIMMs for about $80! Anybody know where I can get the SIMM boards? BTW, the DRAM chips were of Toshiba manufacture (i.e., presumably good quality).
cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) (05/10/89)
>Technology Works in Austin, TX has 100ns, low profile SIMMs with a >lifetime warranty for $159. I am not associated with TW, but I have been >immensely happy with the service I have received in previous orders. I recently ordered SIMMs from Technology Works, and I second the recommendation - they seem like a real quality operation. Sam
geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) (05/11/89)
In article <18112@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes: >>I've got a line on some 1Mb SIMMs for any Macintosh (100 ns access) >>for $200. Call 707-257-3909 before May 19, leave message. > >Fry's has them for $179, 100ns or 120ns (why the choice, I don't know). >However, these are the "high-profile" SIMMs. Memory prices finally seem to be in free-fall. This MacWeek (May 9) has ads for $149 1Mb high-profile & $159 low profileSimms. At Comdex people were saying that by the end of the year it will be down to $25/Mb when the 4MB simms get plentiful.
chris@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Chris Magnuson) (05/11/89)
Apparently (in talking to others on the NET) I've overpriced these SIMMs. Since I've been sort of _distant_ from the market (I couldn't afford commercially-available SIMMs) I didn't know that the prices had dropped for these critters. Try $160 for 1 Mb SIMMs (100 ns access for ANY Macintosh) for 100% tested good parts. (707) 257-3909.
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (05/11/89)
In article <2782@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Gordon E. Banks) writes:
#>Memory prices finally seem to be in free-fall. This MacWeek (May 9) has
#>ads for $149 1Mb high-profile & $159 low profileSimms. At Comdex people
#>were saying that by the end of the year it will be down to $25/Mb when the
#>4MB simms get plentiful.
Ah, and will Apple drop its prices any time soon, too? Or will
it continue to make its customers pay for its disastrous business
judgment [see Wall Street Journal, 1/30/89, "Apple Slips as
Result of Hoarding Chips: Costly Purchases May Cut Quarter's
Profit by 43%." The article noted that "Apple is still saddled
with nearly $80 million worth of memory chips."]. At a time
when the anticipation of System 7.0 will likely encourage many
people to upgrade their memory (I got my 5 megs before the prices
went up), it would be nice if Apple made it cheaper to do so.
Steve Goldfieldjonathan@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jonathan Altman) (05/11/89)
In article <24263@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes: >In article <2782@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Gordon E. Banks) writes: >#>Memory prices finally seem to be in free-fall. This MacWeek (May 9) has >#>ads for $149 1Mb high-profile & $159 low profileSimms. At Comdex people >#>were saying that by the end of the year it will be down to $25/Mb when the >#>4MB simms get plentiful. > >Ah, and will Apple drop its prices any time soon, too? Or will >it continue to make its customers pay for its disastrous business >judgment [see Wall Street Journal, 1/30/89, "Apple Slips as >Result of Hoarding Chips: Costly Purchases May Cut Quarter's > >Steve Goldfield And will netters remember that way back last fall, when memory chips were more valuable than faberge eggs (maybe not that valuable, but), they spent many megabytes of transmissions berating Apple for not building up their DRAM-chip making capacity? So, Apple does in fact have no business sense: they listened to you posters and went and found the memory you'd buy at any price. Now you're bitching because the supply of chips, which Apple emphatically DOES NOT control, has gone way up, dropping the price. Is Apple happy, stuck with the expensive memory? No. But, they attempted to make their customers satisfied by finding memory for them. Is that bad business? Well, kind of, but only because they fell for the biggest business problem in the book, the effects of the delay function. Attempting to accomodate large spikes in any kind of function, such as the supply function, inevitably results in a wild swing in that function, leaving many with gluts of higher priced goods. This may sound as if I'm angry with the posting asking this. I'm not, I'm laughing my head off. I predicted this bitching almost 10 months ago. The only thing I can say is, you wanted your memory NOW, you got it NOW. Jonathan Altman jonathan@eleazar.Dartmouth.edu Database Administrator jonathan.altman@Dartmouth.edu Dartmouth Dante Project voice: 603-646-2633 301 Bartlett Hall HB 6087 Hanover, NH 03755
wjb1@tank.uchicago.edu (Bill Buikema) (05/11/89)
In article <111900060@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > >I've got a better line on them!! >Technology Works in Austin, TX has 100ns, low profile SIMMs with a lifetime warranty for $159. I am not associated with TW, but I have been immensely happy with the service I have received in previous orders. > >Jeff >jth90342@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu I just called Data Memory Systems Co. in Lawrence, MA, and they quoted me a price of $150 for 100ns low profile SIMMs with a lifetime warranty. Their number is (800)662-SIMM. I have no association with DMS, but I may soon order some of their SIMMs. Bill Buikema wjb1@tank.uchicago.edu
jamesm@sco.COM (James M. Moore) (05/12/89)
I got 2 1mb simms from the Chip Merchant in San Diego three weeks ago. $179 each. They're working fine, no problems other than installation. (I couldn't find a torx screwdriver with a long shank, so I ended up buying a standard screwdriver, melting off the handle with a soldering gun, and using the shank and a wrench to get the screws out. What fun.) Only strange thing was that Chip Merchant don't take any credit cards, they only ship COD. -- James Moore jamesm@sco.com
hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) (05/17/89)
In article <18112@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes: >>I've got a line on some 1Mb SIMMs for any Macintosh (100 ns access) >>for $200. Call 707-257-3909 before May 19, leave message. American Micro Distributor's, Inc is selling low profile SIMMs at $179 for 120ns and $189 for 100ns. What makes this price even better is that they will buy back your 256k SIMMs. The credit is as follows, $25 for 120ns and $20 for 150ns. Their SIMMs come with a life time guarantee. There are also discounts for quantity. Phone is (714) 840-5560 or (714) 846-0570. Anybody else know of any other deals? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT I am not affiliated with American Micro, I'm just a happy customer.