Paul, at 23:52 on May 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE> I bought a motherboard with Cyrix-100 chip on it for $460,

BG> The video card was cheap, but if the Cyrix is a 486-class chip,

PE> The Cyrix is a 686, supposedly comparable in speed to a Pentium 133.

With so many variants around these days, it pays to be specific.

BG> Don't forget the dealer price on 8Mb SIMMs...  $99 including tax.  :)

PE> I got your message before I bought my RAM, but after I had already
PE> ordered it.  So I decided to buy the RAM anyway, even if it was a 
PE> complete ripoff compared to that.  Although maybe it wasn't.  I 
PE> wanted 16 meg simms so as to not use up all my banks, and also the 
PE> RAM I got was 60ns. 

It's only the 8s which have fallen so dramatically, so if you need 16s,
you're basically stuffed at the moment.  Still, if somebody had told just 2
months ago that we'd soon be buying 8Mb for $99, I'd have called them
completely mad.

PE> Also, it was available locally, and immediately.

So is Computer Wholesale Supplies' stock.  But they're not local.

PE> However, I was covering my arse already - since I couldn't get it
PE> from my King of Yum Cha mate, I had decided to buy 32 meg only,
PE> and wait until King got his 60ns RAM in (he gets the same price
PE> for 60ns or 70ns, dependant on what his supplier happens to have).
PE> Then I can decide whether to get another 32 meg or not.

True, with most boards now only supporting 4 x 72-pin slots (and some only
two, like David's), 8Mb SIMMS may not be large enough for easy future
upgrades.

Regards, Bill

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