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>>Has anyone heard anything about a sudden dramatic increase in the price of
>>SIMMs for SPARCstations (and probably other systems)?
 
>>A few weeks ago we ordered some 4MB SIMMs and paid about $125 each. Today
>>we called the same vendor and were told the lowest he could tell to us for
>>was $225 each!! Something about a lawsuit against Korean SIMM manufacturers
 
>Your government at work.  The Feds decided that the Koreans were
>"dumping" memory chips in the US, so they imposed a stiff (70%, or
>something like that) tariff on Korean memory chips.  This has had a
>dramatic effect on "spot" prices for memory.  The barometer of memory
>prices around here is the ad that Fry's Electronics runs every day
>in the San Jose Mercury News.  4 MB x 9 SIMMS were down to about $109
>a couple of weeks ago, but now are about $160. 
 
The way I heard it was that, it was a preliminary ruling that would
may be passed at the end of 1st quarter 93, and that it was only on
the 1Mbx9 simms.  The hike in 4Mx9 is sheer greed!
 
Time to write to the Congress Critters!
-- 
>Bob Witmer
>Eyring Corp., Flight Simulation Div.
>Salt Lake City, Utah
>eyring@cc.utah.edu