1mb x 1 memory chips for printers

From: jpero_at_sympatico.ca <(jpero_at_sympatico.ca)>
Date: Thu May 3 22:34:54 2001

> From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: 1mb x 1 memory chips for printers
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 01:04:47 -0500
> Importance: Normal
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org

> Ouch - that's more like the pricing for 1986 for these.

You seems not to realize that all these old memories before FPM is no
longer made, this cause that price to explode. Even EDO is cut
severely in production or few productors has stopped putting out EDO
stuff. Secondly, seems only that 1M x 1bit DIPs is most unpopular
type and most rare to find anywhere even still socketed in old
boards. Since then, I have only seen this kind 8 years ago on my
rare few fingers on one hand. At that time, 64K and 256K chips of
any bits is wildly popular and jumped right over 1M x 1bit and 1M x
4bits to 30 and 72 simms. Even I didn't own none of indivdual 1M
chips on my hand ever used or new except for one soldered down 8MB
intel 32bit card using 1M x 1bit 80ns DIPs for Intel 386 motherboard
I found at junkyard for $5 2 yr ago. it's still gathering dust since
I haven't seen Intel 386 motherboard for that 8MB card.

Very frustrating to watch prices climb to sky-high prices on
these stuff. There are too many working 486 and Pentiums even
early slot 1 in use using 30pin or 72pin. As well as still-useful
Mac machines still use both FPM and EDO in both 30pin, 72pin simms
and DIMMs (that's right there's FPM and EDO DIMMs, saw EDO DIMM in
late IBM pentium box few days ago.) as well as other types of
memories especially for video.

Keep digging for very old clone 286 and 386dx, 386sx motherboards
these often used DIP chips either 256K or 1M in each socket. You
might score one full of 1M x 1bit chips. Also some early deskpros
used socketed DIPs as well.

Or, just pay through the nose and lose few appendages even losing
sexual ability if you have to grab those duious "golden" memory
pieces.

Cheers,

Wizard
Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 22:34:54 BST