garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) (12/20/90)
I'm in the market for some 4MB SIMMS for a NeXT. Because of this,
I've been calling around checking on prices. I thought that
some of you comp.sys.next readers might be interested in what
I found out.
First of all, at least two companies (actually the salespeople)
said that they expected the prices of 1MB SIMMS to go up in the
near future. Apparently, the Japanese manufacturers are pushing
4MB SIMMS by making it more difficult for distributors to
obtain 1MB SIMMS. Hopefully this means the price of 4MB SIMMS will
come down (maybe not).
The most promising source of 4MB SIMMS that I found was
Peripheral Outlet in Ada, OK. ([800|405]-332-6581) They are asking
$195 for 4x8, 80ns low-profile *vertically mounted* 4MB SIMMS.
(this quote was given by Michelle)
The brand name was NMB. Has anyone dealt with Peripheral
Outlet that would care to share their experience? Does
anyone have any info on NMB? If so, please send me a note.
The list that follows is a modified subset of a list posted
by smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (note that I have *NO* connection
with any of these companies):
Sources and prices for 4Mb simms (80ns all low profile)
PSI 2005 Hamilton Ave., #220, San Jose, CA 95125 Ph. 408-559-8544
They take PO's Ph. 800-622-1722
Price: 4 Mb $359
Lifetime Guarantee
Third Wave Computing, Inc. 1826-B Kramer Lane Austin, TX 78758
They take PO's Ph. 800-284-0486
Ph. 512-832-8282
Price: 4 Mb $219
Brand: Micron (horizontally mounted)
Memory international Ph. 714-588-0488
Lifetime warranty
Price: 4 Mb $230.00
They take P.O.'s
horizontally mounted
Turbo Technologies, Inc. Ph. 800-542-7466
Lifetime warranty Ph. 516-877-7777
They take PO's
Price: 1 Mb $48 (Toshiba chip, Toshiba board)
No 4MB SIMMS in stock. Check back after the new year.
Peripheral Outlet 314 S. Broadway Ada, OK 74820
Lifetime guarantee Ph. 800-332-6581
they take PO's Ph. 405-332-6581
Price: 4 Mb $195.00
Brand: NMB (vertically mounted)
Technology Works 4030 Braker Lane West, Austin, TX 78759
They take PO's Ph. 800-688-7466
Ph. 512-794-8533
Price: 4 Mb $239
Stratum Technologies inc. 12191 Technology Blvd., Austin, TX 78727
Lifetime warranty Ph. 800-533-1744
30 day trial period Ph. 512-258-3570
They take PO's
Price: 4 Mb $205
(horizontally mounted)
--
John Garnett
University of Texas at Austin
garnett@cs.utexas.edu Department of Computer Science
Austin, Texastempest@walleye.uucp (Kenneth K.F. Lui) (12/20/90)
In article <1035@tokio.cs.utexas.edu> garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) writes:
[about 4Mb SIMMs, and included info on chip placement on the IC
board.]
What kind of 4Mb SIMM is shorter--horizontally-mounted or
vertically-mounted? This may be significant because of the small
space provided for SIMMs on the NeXTcube. Witness a bunch of
inquiries about how to install high-profile 1Mb SIMMs a while
back.
Ken
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tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu, tempest@walleye.ecst.csuchico.edu,|Kenneth K.F. Lui|
tempest@sutro.sfsu.edu, tempest@wet.UUCP |________________|eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (12/20/90)
What about 4MB SIMMS with parity? -=EPS=-
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (12/22/90)
We just ordered 4MB SIMMs from
Peripheral Outlet
314 S. Broadway
Ada, OK 74820
non-parity $193
parity $239
"sight unseen" (I guess we'll find out...)
-=EPS=-