#RAM pricing
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Ron,
Not knowing the configuration of the RAM on the A2620, not the number
of chips…I can't say what the exact difference in cost would be… but as a
rule of thumb, selling the board bare would have about doubled the final cost
to the customer once he populated it by buying the RAM themselves.
Don
Don,
The 2620 uses 256K x 4 ZIP chips. From what I understand, one of the
reasons for the 2620 being delayed was the DRAM shortage, and the 256K x 4
ZIP's have just recently become available in more than sample quantities. Since
CBM buys RAM's in HUGH quantities, they can get production quantities much
earlier than the average consumer could get even a few, and at a much better
price. If CBM _had_ released the 2620 board without memory, the consumer would
still be waiting for the memory chips to put in it. (and wouldn't we hear the
complaints from that one!)
-Dean
Dean,
Well…considering the screaming we heard about the A2090 not being
autoboot…you bet we'd have heard lots of screaming if CBM released the A2620
with no RAM.
Don
hear hear! The last thing we needed was yet another product that caused
screaming about how poorly CBM designed things.
-larry
Wasn't at least one of the two other boards available bare?
Ron
Ron,
I don't know.
Don
You keep bringing that up. My answer is "So what?". If company X decides to
file for Chapter 11, does that mean that CBM should too?
-larry