Date   : Sun, 26 Jul 1987 1732:00
From   : w_smith%wookie.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Willie Smith, LTN Components Eng.)
Subject: S-100 memory revisited

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In response to my previous note about S-100 memory, "paul@vixie.UUCP" 
"Paul Vixie Esq" replied (vai mail):  [Paul, my mailer did not generate
a sane reply adress, sorry.]
 
>I don't want your VRAM, sorry :-(.  I want real, live, 10+ Mhz no-wait-state
>memory for my S100 system, several megabytes of it.  I can get 2Mb of IBM-PC
>memory for about $400, but I don't have (and will never have) an IBM-PC. For
>the S100, a single megabyte of memory is in the $1200 range, which is way too
>much.  I know that the PC memory company will sell thousands of times more in
>quantity, but the product is so similar that I have a real hard time planning
>to pay three times as much for the S100 layout.
>
>So, where do YOU buy S100 memory?
 
 
Paul,
 
       I dunno about 10+ MHz, but a friend found 2M memory boards in a
HUG (Heath Users Group) magazine for $549 assembled or $300 without
memory chips.  You could probably add your own memory chips if you
needed higher speeds than it does.  Part of the price differential
is that IBM PC memory is dynamic and S-100 memory (the good stuff
anyway) is static.  Just check out the prices for the static rams
(chips only) sometime....
 
       I'll probably be getting one of these boards when my budget
recouperates from my ADIT purchase, so I can have a 2M RAM disk
for my SYSTEM: device, though any other suggestions are welcome.
I'll get you the name and number of the company above if you are
interested.
 
Willie Smith
 
w_smith@wookie.dec.com
w_smith%wookie.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com
 
Does anyone else have any preferences for S-100 memory?  I think I'd like
to stick with static, too, but that tends to get expensive.  I'm going to
need at least 2M of RAM disk, using Macrotech VRAM boards would be around
$3200, a bit out of my price range....   :+)