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- From: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston)
- Subject: Re: ZEOS 36-bit SIMM info
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:08:27 GMT
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- In article, feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke) writes:
- >In article <C19JAq.D5v@unx.sas.com> sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>The bottom line is this: ZEOS advertises systems that are expandable
- >>to 64MB. They currently tell me that they cannot provide me with
- >>the newest "single-sided" 16MB SIMMs and have no idea when they will
- >>get them. Some folks call this type of practice, "bait and switch".
- >>I am not going that far, I just wanted everyone on the net to know
- >>what to expect.
- >>
- >>BTW, these are the same style SIMMs that Gateway uses. I wonder
- >>if *their* motherboards have the SIMM slots correctly spaced?
- >>
- >>CAVEAT EMPTOR!
- >>
- >
- >You are making this sound like some nefarious activity on the
- >part of ZEOS. Yes, your PC is CAPABLE of 64KB memory. That
- >doesn't mean that ZEOS guarantees they can supply it if they
- >can not get delivery themselves.
-
- As far as I am concerned, if I cannot purchase what they
- advertise they sell AND their products restrict the use of
- current technology (the slot spacing problem), then I think
- ZEOS *is* up to subtle incorrect business behavior.
-
- >
- >I have been after distributors for several months to even get a
- >delivery quote on 16MB 72pin SIMMS without success. They simply
- >aren't available and as best they can find out, no USA mfr.
- >makes them yet.
-
- I have also heard that the US Army has a lock on all supplies
- of these chips until it gets all it wants. I *hope* that the US
- Government is not violating it's own "buy American" policies.
- I must assume that *someone* in the USA is making these chips.
- (IF the Army is getting them)
-
- >
- >You can get the same answer from Gateway. The only difference
- >with them is that they will take back the 4MB simms WHENEVER
- >they can replace with 16MB simms.
-
- Interesting... I'll call ZEOs and see what they say about this...
-
- >
- >BTW, you can thank your USA Dept. of Commerce for this situation
- >because they responded to a complaint from that outfit in
- >Idaho who TRIES to make these memory chips that Korean
- >suppliers were dumping. So what happens? The price goes up,
- >supplies shrink, and the Koreans sell their stuff to countries
- >who don't screw around with them.
- >
- >Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com
- >
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