Chuck Munro (chuckm@canada.hp.com) wrote:

: Seeing the posting regarding someone selling a 4MByte SIMM, I am prompted
: to ask just what's happening to the memory market these days?

: Surely that explosion in Japan (at the company that makes raw materials
: for memory chips) couldn't have affected the price of SIMMS so much!
: Surely there must be many manufacturers in the business?

: Around here, prices have skyrocketed.  Dealers are blaming the explosion,
: but I have to wonder if that is just an excuse to raise prices.

After the RAM price wars in 1986, RAM has been steadily falling in price
until recently, AFTER the explosion.  Yes, Virginia, there are profiteers.  

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