SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) (03/07/90)
What memory SIMMs are you guys using in your cubes? Have you saved money and tried third party SIMMs? If so, where did you order them from? At $800/4Meg it seems I would be paying more than double from NeXT... Sal.
SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) (03/09/90)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 90 15:54:26 EST From: Salvatore Saieva <SLVQC@CUNYVM> Subject: Re: NeXT Memory SIMMs To: Salvatore Saieva <SLVQC@CUNYVM> ======================================================================== Eric Scott has replied: >Samsung from Chip Merchant. Now $61 per megabyte. We just got >40 SIMMs, they work great. Goodbye 8 meg cubes! When 4MB SIMMs >come down in price, we'll pull the 1MBs and stuff them in >Macintoshes. > >BTW, NeXT either has or is about to announce new lower memory >prices if you order from them (funny that). > > -=EPS=- Thanks for the reply. I called The Chip Merchant and they quoted me a price of $72.00/SIMM for orders submitted by PO. (I can only purchase these chips on PO. How did you order them Eric?) I also called Clearpoint who manufacture chips for the Mac. They claim people are using their chips in the NeXT without problems. Clearpoint will sell their chips for $68.00/SIMM after applying a discount they offer the the City University of New York. Is anyone using the Clearpoint SIMMs? Sal.
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (03/09/90)
In article <90067.160618SLVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) writes: >Eric Scott has replied: Ahem. Something sent to you as private e-mail should NEVER be republished without permission. (1) Had I wanted this posted, I would have posted it myself. (2) It's not only rude, it's also illegal (as in "copyright violation") as of a year ago. That said... >Thanks for the reply. I called The Chip Merchant and they quoted >me a price of $72.00/SIMM for orders submitted by PO. We ordered before the price dropped 10%, but the PO penalty was only $3 per SIMM. Note that we *did* check with NeXT before doing this, and got their o.k. -=EPS=-
rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) (03/12/90)
In article <90067.160618SLVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) writes: >>BTW, NeXT either has or is about to announce new lower memory >>prices if you order from them (funny that). >> Right, BFD, Mail order is still the way to go! > >Thanks for the reply. I called The Chip Merchant and they quoted >me a price of $72.00/SIMM for orders submitted by PO. (I can only >purchase these chips on PO. How did you order them Eric?) I also called >Clearpoint who manufacture chips for the Mac. They claim people are >using their chips in the NeXT without problems. Clearpoint will sell >their chips for $68.00/SIMM after applying a discount they offer >the the City University of New York. Is anyone using the Clearpoint >SIMMs? > Nice discount! We used Clearpoint 1MB AND 4MB chips and they worked great. That's a GOOD company. They even sent us about 64MB for evaluation...NeXT doesn't...:-) Mail order is definitley the way to go for memory...and probably drives too if you don't mind hacking disktabs! --Roger Jagoda --Cornell University --FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU >Sal.