On 2014-10-15, 3:49 AM, TOM WALKER -> ED VANCE wrote:   
    AZ>>> Whether BG said that or not, let's put it in context - at the   
    AZ>>> time the IBM PC was released - with 64kb RAM as the default, I   
      
    EV>> Yep!, a lot of folks had 256KB or even 512KB of RAM.   
    EV>> I'd have to look for some of the old catalogs I used to get to see   
    EV>> how much Money 64KB or 128KB RAM modules costs back then.   
      
    TW> I checked my March 1997 "Computer Shopper" and a 32Meg parity memory   
    TW> chip cost $199 and a 64 Meg chip was $269   
    TW> ---   
      
   I bought a 386-20 motherboard in 1989 (I think), making me one of the first   
   folks I knew with a 386... that motherboard took SIPP RAM - like SIMs but with   
   a row of little pins on the bottom that went into holes on the motherboard.   
      
   I paid $250 a MB for memory at that time... a few months later, the price had   
   dropped to $125/MB so I stocked up.   
      
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