Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!cit-hamlet.arpa!walton%Deimos From: walton%Deimos@CIT-HAMLET.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: VAX memory Message-ID: <850926000217.00a@Deimos> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 03:02:17 EDT Article-I.D.: Deimos.850926000217.00a Posted: Thu Sep 26 03:02:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 04:49:58 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Reply-To: info-vax@ucb-vax.arpa Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 15 Well, I have input on the subject of VAX memory. Basically, it's expensive, but I didn't realize how much we needed to buy. To review and correct: we would like to upgrade two 780's from 4 to 8 Mb by buying a new backplane, controller, power supply, and an 8 Mb board for the one and move the old-style 4 Mb board to the expansion chassis which is connected to the other machine. Most of the $24,000 cost for this is for the new backplane, controller, and power supply required. So, the cost of VMS memory is probably "only" 5 times as many $/bit as in the micro world. I received no messages on the whys of this disparity, except for speculation that DEC's prices for memory are so high that other vendors can undercut DEC and still charge alot and make a tidy profit. Caltech Solar Astronomy BITNET: swalton@citdeimo ARPAnet: walton%deimos@cit-hamlet