On 2014-10-15, 3:49 AM, TOM WALKER -> ED VANCE wrote:
 AZ>>> Whether BG said that or not, let's put it in context - at the
 AZ>>> time the IBM PC was released - with 64kb RAM as the default, I

 EV>> Yep!, a lot of folks had 256KB or even 512KB of RAM.
 EV>> I'd have to look for some of the old catalogs I used to get to see
 EV>> how much Money 64KB or 128KB RAM modules costs back then.

 TW> I checked my March 1997 "Computer Shopper" and a 32Meg
parity memory
 TW> chip cost $199 and a 64 Meg chip was $269
 TW> ---

I bought a 386-20 motherboard in 1989 (I think), making me one of the first
folks I knew with a 386... that motherboard took SIPP RAM - like SIMs but
with a row of little pins on the bottom that went into holes on the
motherboard.

I paid $250 a MB for memory at that time... a few months later, the price
had dropped to $125/MB so I stocked up.

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