trivedi@motcid.UUCP (Kamlesh Trivedi) (03/15/91)
Well, I needed more memory so I came up with the following list after
getting some phone numbers from a current _MacWeek_:
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Memory type is 4MB (no-parity!), 80ns, "vertically-mounted low-profile" SIMM
Date: 14-Mar-91
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Place | Phone # | $/4MB | Shipping | Credit | Lifetime
| 1-800 | 80ns | 2nd day | Card Charge | Warranty
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Chip Merchant | 426-6375 | 165 | 10.87 | COD only | Five yr
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Lifetime Mem Prods | 233-6233 | 179 | 5.63 | 2% | Y
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Peripheral Outlet | 332-6581 | 179 | 8.00 | 3% | Y
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Diamond | 541-7126 | 183 | 7.50 | none | Y
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Technology Works | 688-7460 | 189 | 10.00 | none | Y
--------------------+-------------+-------+----------+-------------+---------
Memory Plus | 388-7587 | 190 | ???? | ???? | ?
--------------------+-------------+-------+----------+-------------+---------
Before I buy from Chip Merchant, can someone please send me any information,
good or bad, about any of the places listed above. I will probably order
late next week. What would be neat is if someone (who did the "leg-work")
could post a list like this every so often so that the NeXT community knows
what the going rate is for the 4MB SIMMs or even those paltry and obsolete ;)
1MB SIMMs.
Of course, the usual disclaimers apply - I don't have any affiliations
with the above companies, etc. I just want the best price I can get and
spread some helpful information around.
-KamT-
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Kamlesh Trivedi - My opinions not Motorola's - Reply to: uunet!motcid!trivedieps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (03/20/91)
Regular readers will recall my problems with Chip Merchant 4MBx8
SIMMs. I am pleased to report that things have been straightened
out and their promptly-delivered replacements work just fine. Oh
yeah, 20MB is noticeably better than 16MB!!!
Recap:
Chip Merchant:
1MBx8 80ns [Mitsubishi] SIMMs known to work in cubes.
4MBx8 80ns [Samsung] horizontally-mounted SIMMs *did not* work in slabs.
4MBx8 80ns [Samsung] vertically-mounted ("low profile") SIMMs *did* work.
4MBx9 80ns [Samsung] horizontally-mounted SIMMs *did* work.
Technology Works:
4MBx8 80ns "low profile" SIMMs known to work in cubes and slabs.
*** TW's "official" prices are considerably higher than Chip
Merchant's. However, if you tell their sales weasels what their
competitors are asking, they'll negotiate.
-=EPS=-