Re: [TPall] Memory quality (was: [TP560x] intro/Linux/Neomagic/connectivity

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 03:24:22 EDT


David..
sounds like you have been fortunate..
as machines become more complex, brand-x memory will reveal itself to be not such a good idea..
period.. :-)

David Ross wrote:

> I wrote:
>
> >> I've used Chip Merchant several times; they don't always carry the specific chip one needs, but when they do they invariably have
> >> the best price.
>
> Bill M. wrote:
>
> >i may not be the most impartial person to ask, if you were to ask me, but if you are going to go for price in a memory purchase,
> then
> >you will most likely get what you des.. uhh.. pay for.. :-)
>
> I've used 6 or 7 chips from them, and never had a problem. Despite their price, their memory is often branded - when I bought
> memory from them for a 701 a few years back, it was genuine IBM.
>
> They have a very good rep both on this list and on Usenet; the rare complaints I've seen about them were people who bought memory
> based on spec but not specifically recommended for their machine.
>
> In the nearly 20 years I've owned and operated small computers, I've only had trouble with memory twice, and that was with branded
> memory - one bad chip from Viking, and one from Kingston.
>
> David Ross (in no way affiliated with Chip Merchant, or any other merchant)
> ross_at_math.hawaii.edu

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