I used to populate the XMS cards with 256K DRAM as well, largest being
2MB (72 chips). As I recall, the 256K DRAM dips were down to about
$2.50~$3.50 a pop when our benevolent Congress stepped in to help us
and the price rose to the $12.00+ range. I was impressed. We had
orders to fill and were being burned bad.... those weren't the days.
Marty Mintzell
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Subject: Re: Getting bent (ON topic if not thread)
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 3/13/98 3:17 PM
At 12:52 3/13/98 -0600, David wrote:
>256K DRAMs bring back all sorts of bad memories. We used to sell 384K
>expansions for the PCjr....Not only were they hell to populate, but when
>the DRAM prices went through the roof, we were only selling a few at ~$300
>a pop.
The thing about those Everex 3MB XMS cards was, I actually did several of
them (groan) with DRAM I'd stocked up on. At the worst of the RAM spike,
the best price I could have gotten on 256K DRAM was US$12.45 per chip.
Which made those d**n Everex cards worth, nominally, over $1300 each....
but we just gritted our teeth, because a 9-chip 1MB 30-pin SIMM was $595!
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Kip Crosby engine_at_chac.org
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Computer History Association of California
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