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Article #21034Re: Christmas Wish List (<$100 US)
From: John Hutchinson
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:02
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:02
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In article 67J@news.cso.uiuc.edu, wmagro@uiuc.edu (William Magro) writes: >In article <1992Dec15.170947.8229@newshost.lanl.gov> >hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes: >>Cheapest = DRAMs. >>Most Convenient = SIMMs. > >I'd have to disagree with John here. In my experience, SIMMs have become >cheaper than DRAMs (likely due to their increased popularity). In any >case, though the relative price difference (i.e. delta(P)/P) is small >enough that you should make the choice based on the convenience and cost >of the upgrade board (or soldering project if you don't use a board). Bingo. If you can find an upgrade board that uses SIMMs for close to the same price as a board that uses DRAMs, then definitely go for the SIMMs! I was under the impression that SIMM boards were still a little pricey but maybe that has changed. If so, great. --- ___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________ _________________ Fair Dinkum Technologies Member - IAAD _______________ ________________ "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" _______________ ____________ email: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov GEnie: FAIR-DINKUM _____________
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!ilmen!hutch From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) Subject: Re: Christmas Wish List (<$100 US) Message-ID: <1992Dec16.000243.9378@newshost.lanl.gov> Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory References: <BzBD57.67J@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:02:43 GMT Lines: 25