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Article #7319Re: 1 Megabit DRAMS; 80-ns 32 of them; $150
From: Bill Warner
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 1991 03:03
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 1991 03:03
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In article <1991Feb4.164557.8982@cbnewsd.att.com>, klotz@cbnewsd.att.com (david.a.klotzbach) says: > >From article <1991Feb3.050247.20455@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by fenger@galaxy.uucp >(Steven V Fenger): >> In article <1991Feb2.211543.7572@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> >> rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) stuck in the IBM world writes: >> >>>>Anybody want 32 1 Megabit DRAM 80ns Motorola chips for $150 dollars? >>>>(4 Megs) ^^ >>>It takes *36* 1MB chips to make 4 MBytes (9 per bank). Anyways, $150.00 >> It takes 36 chips if you have parity memory. You only need *32* for >> machines such as Macs which don't use parity memory. > ^^^ >Since this is comp.sys.ibm.pc, who cares how many chips it takes to make >a meg on a mac? The point remains, 32 chips are worthless to an >IBM.pc user. > My Gateway 2000/386 includes parity chips on board for 8 megs. I currently have 4 Megs. So, if I were to buy 4 more Megs, I would need exactly 32 chips. Sounds like you are rather wrong. Bill Warner wtw101@psuvm.psu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!wtw101 From: WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Warner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: 1 Megabit DRAMS; 80-ns 32 of them; $150 Message-ID: <91035.220315WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 5 Feb 91 03:03:15 GMT References: <1991Feb3.050247.20455@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1991Feb4.164557.8982@cbnewsd.att.com> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 25