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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 256K DRAMS
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Date: 1 Jun 88 16:36:46 GMT
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In article <4258@killer.UUCP> elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
> Is it true that Jack (oops, Atari Corp.) is suing Micron about a RAM 
> contract they tried to slip out of?  Just a random rumor I picked 
> up somewhere...
>    Eric Lee Green                     {cuae2,ihnp4}!killer!elg

You could have picked up that "rumor" from the Wall Street Journal. In 
that it is true and a matter of public record. According to the Journal
report, Micron and Atari had a verbal agreement for one price, but when 
it came time to put pen to paper the price was somewhat higher. Micron's
argument sounded a lot like those "prices subject to change without notice"
disclaimers, and Atari's argument sounded a lot like a "you can't do that
to us!". Whatever the outcome, the Memory chip shortage is not a simple
problem with a simple cause. One of the new realities is that no one
has a "cheap" memory expansion product anymore, because the chips cost 
so much. Don't bother looking for something that costs the same or less
than last years product. 

You may see 1 meg parts get as cost effective as 256K parts were at one
time (about $20 a chip) but don't count on it. 

--Chuck McManis
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