SIMMs: What kind? (Follo

[Danny Vanderryn]

Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for SS1+ memory vendors.
Namely (I apologize if I left anyone out):

ric at cs.arizona.edu
girish at heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov
brendan at cs.widener.edu
ne201ph at prism.gatech.edu
hughes at azroth.csee.usf.edu
steinour%cc.gettysburg.edu at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
steve at hanauma.stanford.edu
dan at rose3.Rosemount.COM
kandt at ai-cyclops.JPL.NASA.GOV 
slhisc!ken at marob.masa.com

I ended up buying 16M of 4Mx9 80ns chips from Chip Merchant for $880.
They have a 5 year warranty.  This is not as good as Dataram's liftetime
warranty including cost of repairs of damage incurred by the chips, but
how often does memory damage other hardware anyway.  KMO had the same
price, but I made my choice based on the recommendation from
girish at heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov. One board I bought was a bit difficult to
install, as it was slightly too thick for the slots (needed to be filed
down slightly) but otherwise I am quite satisfied. Shipping took about 2
weeks from faxing them a PO, but they also have rush shipping available.

New prices for Chip Merchant, KMO Technology, and Dataram are below, then
I re-sorted the lists. Of course, the reports are not exactly accurate, as
other vendors' prices have probably changed as well.

Chip Merchant		619 268 4774	45	220
Dataram 		800 822 0071	50	259
KMO Technology		408 945 7751	42	220

80ns SIMMS				1Mx9	4Mx9

(by name)

Acropolis 		408 946 6947	49	275
Andataco 		800 334 9191	57	275
Apex 			800 654 8222	67	390
Artecon 		800 872 2783	60	315
Chip Merchant		619 268 4774	45	220
Clearpoint 		800 253	2778	60	320
Computer Logistics	800 388 9270	?	?
Dataram 		800 822 0071	50	259
Dataram 		800 822 0071	?	?
Falcon 			800 326 1002	65	320
Helios 			614 451 3865	54	312
KMO Technology		408 945 7751	42	220
Megastor 		714 770 4360	59	305
Parity Systems		216 836 0247	51	288
Peripherals Design	404 263 0067	69	435
Rave 			919 676 2637	x	x
Solflower 		408 456 5055	?	?
Spectron 		206 827 9317	?	?
Technology Works	800 688 7466	45	289
Workstation Tech's	603 890 6700	78	410
Workstations Plus	800 735 5777	?	?

(by 1M price)

KMO Technology		408 945 7751	42	220
Chip Merchant		619 268 4774	45	220
Technology Works	800 688 7466	45	289
Acropolis 		408 946 6947	49	275
Dataram 		800 822 0071	50	259
Parity Systems		216 836 0247	51	288
Helios 			614 451 3865	54	312
Andataco 		800 334 9191	57	275
Megastor 		714 770 4360	59	305
Artecon 		800 872 2783	60	315
Clearpoint 		800 253	2778	60	320
Falcon 			800 326 1002	65	320
Apex 			800 654 8222	67	390
Peripherals Design	404 263 0067	69	435
Workstation Tech's	603 890 6700	78	410
Computer Logistics	800 388 9270	?	?
Rave 			919 676 2637	x	x
Solflower 		408 456 5055	?	?
Spectron 		206 827 9317	?	?
Workstations Plus	800 735 5777	?	?

(by 4M price)

KMO Technology		408 945 7751	42	220
Chip Merchant		619 268 4774	45	220
Dataram 		800 822 0071	50	259
Acropolis 		408 946 6947	49	275
Andataco 		800 334 9191	57	275
Parity Systems		216 836 0247	51	288
Technology Works	800 688 7466	45	289
Megastor 		714 770 4360	59	305
Helios 			614 451 3865	54	312
Artecon 		800 872 2783	60	315
Clearpoint 		800 253	2778	60	320
Falcon 			800 326 1002	65	320
Apex 			800 654 8222	67	390
Workstation Tech's	603 890 6700	78	410
Peripherals Design	404 263 0067	69	435
Computer Logistics	800 388 9270	?	?
Rave 			919 676 2637	x	x
Solflower 		408 456 5055	?	?
Spectron 		206 827 9317	?	?
Workstations Plus	800 735 5777	?	?

danny vanderryn--dvanderr at oracle.com