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Article #25339Video DRAMs
From: gillies
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1988 22:20
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1988 22:20
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For those of you with Mac II/Apple video cards:
I just talked to Microprocessors Unlimited in Dallas. They are a
low-cost mail-order chip merchant. As little as 4 weeks ago, they
were selling NEC 41264 video DRAMS (64K*4) for $5.25 each. The Apple
256-color upgrade is 8 of these chips. However, four weeks ago NEC
cut back supplies so that they could fully supply OEM manufacturers.
The chips have skyrocketed to $9.50 each. This means a "do it
yourself" video upgrade is now $76, as opposed to $44. I wonder if
things will get better or worse? Can you still get the good prices
somewhere? Does someone (Mac mail-order house?) have a stockpile of
these chips?
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
{gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}
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