[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Street prices for '387 co-processors

jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) (06/28/91)

These are from the back of the June 24 issue of PC Week.  Some of the
companies have not published their new pricing yet, for those I have just
included a phone number.

        Microway   ELKCO
==========================
Intel
 16sx     $120      $135
 20sx     $135      $147
 16       $175       --
 20       $180      $215
 25       $185      $215
 33       $194      $215

Cyrix
 16sx     $115      $122
 20sx     $125      $133
 16        --       $189
 20       $175      $189
 25       $175      $189
 33       $184      $205

These prices suprise me in that Microway is actually lower than ELKCO.  I have
never known Microway to be a low cost supplier (more like middle to high), but
oh-well.  BTW, most of these places also sell memory at pretty good to very
good prices.  If I were in the market for a '387 chip I think that I would
try to wait for 2-3 weeks while these prices stabalize.

Microway
Phone: (508)746-7341
Fax: (508)746-4678

ELKCO
Phone: 1-800-24-ELKCO   (800-243-5526)
in MA: (508)-839-2111
Fax: (508)-839-7753
41A N. Main St.
N. Grafton, MA 01536

Now for others (no order, just the way I found them in PC Week):

B-M International
Phone: 1-800-253-7205
in NY: 1-516-759-3076
206 Glen St.
Glen Cove, NY 11542

BJS Electronics, Inc.
(don't know if I truly trust them... they are having a
 "ONE WEEK SPECIAL....MATH-CO Blowout Sale!" with pricing that is good for
 pre-Intel price cuts, but now it is ~$200 over pricing - also "Hurry....
 quantities limited", but..)
Phone: 1-800-334-CHIP
Phone: 1-408-456-8989
Fax: 1-408-456-8990

Microprocessors Unlimited, Inc.
Phone: 1-918-267-4961
24000 S. Peoria Ave.
Beggs, OK 74421

Access Computer Components, Inc
Phone: 1-800-332-3778
Phone: 1-214-380-5943
Fax: 1-214-380-2359
P.O. Box 797602
Dallas, TX 75379

Chip Merchant
Phone: 1-619-268-4774
Fax: 1-619-268-0874
9541 Ridgehaven Court
San Diego, CA 92123
(no credit cards accepted)

Q-TEK
Phone: 1-818-407-0303
Fax: 1-818-407-0262
9728 Variel Ave
Chatsworth, CA 91311

Sabina International, Inc
Phone: 1-800-2-SABINA
Phone: 1-714-594-6336
Fax: 1-714-595-4008
675 Brea Canyon Road
Suite #5
Walnut, CA 91789
-- 
john gay.                      jgay@digi.lonestar.org
Like Thoreau, I rejoice that there are owls.  Part of the reason is that
owls eat mice, and thus make a certain number of cats unnecessary, which
is always a plus.  Jeff Duntemann, Dr. Dobb's June '91

gerardka@hobbes.ism.isc.com (Gerard Kam) (06/28/91)

In article <1991Jun28.000118.1921@digi.lonestar.org> jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) writes:
>These are from the back of the June 24 issue of PC Week.  Some of the
>companies have not published their new pricing yet, for those I have just
>included a phone number.
>
>        Microway   ELKCO
>==========================
>Intel
> 16       $175       --
> 20       $180      $215
> 25       $185      $215
> 33       $194      $215

	The suggested list price of all 387dx is $299.  Interesting that
	Microway still scales the price according to speed.

	I heard that the 33MHz 387 was a redesigned part and different from
	the slower 387s.  Supposedly a 33MHz 387 running at 25MHZ was
	faster than the 25MHz part.  Can anyone confirm this?

	Gerard