Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ada-uts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!think!ada-uts!callen From: callen@ada-uts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Re: RAM ugrades Message-ID: <27800002@ada-uts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 09:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: ada-uts.27800002 Posted: Mon Oct 28 09:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:09:52 EST References: <1058@decwrl.UUCP> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-105800:ada-uts:27800002:000:1271 Nf-From: ada-uts!callen Oct 28 09:48:00 1985 > 5) RAM chips are easily damaged by static, and most users don't know > how to properly ground themselves, the memory board, and the RAM > chips while installing the chips. I personally think this static business gets blown out of proportion. I've handled A LOT of 256k DRAMs without blowing ONE, and I don't take any elaborate precautions - I just don't do anything blatantly stupid (like work in a polyester shirt under a wool sweater). > 6) Only a very small segment of the business world wants to install > there own chips. Installing one's own chips is mostly the concern > of people who want to own a computer but have difficulty affording > it. It's like someone on a $20,000 a year income, owning a new > Porche or Jaguar, and wanting inexpensive doit-yourself maintenance > kits. Such people aren't in the mainstream of the customer base, > and aren't likely to see the manufacturer design the product with > them in mind. I don't know who YOU work for, but MY employer DOES get empty boards and populate them, and therefore save bo-ku bucks that can be better used to, say, give me a raise (:-). LOTS of business types are wising up to the big memory scam. >-George - Jerry ...ihnp4!inmet!ada-uts!callen