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- From: sg928ah5@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (James Ianni)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: RAM Prices (was Re: New Press Release!)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 20:26:21 GMT
- Organization: Drexel University
- Message-ID: <4j4b5d$lc@noc2.drexel.edu>
- References: <4ij8ik$lba@serpens.rhein.de> <2293.6652T912T416@robertson.rhein-main.de> <4it1ks$go6@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : In article <2293.6652T912T416@robertson.rhein-main.de>,
- : Chris Robertson <chris@robertson.rhein-main.de> wrote:
- : >Current RAM prices here in Germany: DM 114,- per 4MB SIMM. Price to change my
- : >680EC30 to a full 68030 : ~DM 150,- . I think I'd rather get another 6MB than a
- : >MMU. (But then I couldn't run NetBSD..) But the *normal* users that the Walker
- : >
- : >Chris
-
- : I hope the current explosion in RAM prices will settle down before AT
- : goes to mass produce the Walker et al having to get mass amounts of
- : memory (especially with 6 MEGS as standard).
-
- : Just as we were seeing a DECREASE in RAM prices our "friends" in China,
- : and Taiwan, Japan and Korea cause an alarm throughout the world (fear of
- : supply being cut off I guess) causing RAM prices to go up around 40%.
-
- : -=*George*=-
-
-
- Well, it looks just about right now for Siemann (owner of ESCOM) to make
- some huge profits in RAM. My GVP '030 board as all it's RAM made by
- Siemann's Germany....
- So who cares if Japan, Korea, Taiwan raises their RAM prices up! SCREW
- THEM! Buy Siemanns....
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