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From: emery@gypsy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: TIPC memory price quote
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 14:02:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 14:02:00 1985
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Nf-From: gypsy!emery    Aug 13 14:02:00 1985



One reason IBM PC boards are much cheaper is quantity.  Let's face it,
there are a few more IBM's around than TI.

However, one additional source for memory boards for TI is Persyst.  I
have a Persyst board in my PC.  Mine has one rs-232 port, clock, and 
192k.  I forget how much it cost, but it was much less than TI's
stuff when I bought it.  

However, there is an advantage to the Western Automation boards, in
that with an S1, you can get a hard disk interface, and later on
buy a winchester drive for your TI.

One final note, TI issued a ROM upgrade.  If you have an older TI, you
may need this upgrade to address more than 256k.  As I recall, TI 
soaks you somewhere between $40-$60 for the new ROM chips.

**FLAME ON** 
It pisses me off to pay for this ROM upgrade when the @#$%^& machine
was supposed to address 720kb when I bought it.  In particular, it
bugs the %$^&*($%^ out of me to have to pay more than $10 for $1.00 of
silicon.   TI, ARE YOU LISTENING?!?!?!?
**FLAME OFF**

Hope this helps.

				Dave Emery
				Siemens Research
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