Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 256K DRAMS Message-ID: <55031@sun.uucp> Date: 1 Jun 88 16:36:46 GMT References: <4271@gryphon.CTS.COM> <4258@killer.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 24 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 uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.