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Subject: Re: Request to add this to FAQ re: swap space
In-Reply-To: <3932.846746988@orion.webspan.net> from Gary Palmer at "Oct 31, 96 02:29:48 am"
To: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 07:23:20 -0800 (PST)
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> Joe Greco wrote in message ID
> <199610301517.JAA25891@brasil.moneng.mei.com>:
> > However, at about $2000 per 64MB SIMM module, this is an expensive
> > solution.
> 
> Umm? When was that a price? RAM price now says that you should be able
> to get a 60ns 16x36 72pin SIMM for a lot less (under $1k I'd have
> thought)

Your forgetting that 64MBit dram technology is new, and that the yields
are still horribly low.  They do not follow the current $/MB dram pricing
you see on 32MB and smaller SIMMs.

Go even try and find someone who has these in stock!!  It's no joy, trust
me.

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