From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 10:48:53 EDT
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:
Bill,
> IBM did not share your amusement at that time.. :-)
Ofcourse, they were the subject! =)
> > Oh okay, so that's what they meant by dumping.
>
> dumping = selling below cost to capture a market..(sorta like the
> browser wars)
I always thought the Korean and Japanese makers were the ones who
held the market share.
> the new machines also appear to have the system memory in a DIMM
> socket..i need to learn if the 64meg part can be changed to a 128meg
> part, then two 128meg parts added to the two expansion sockets, theu
> 128 + 128 + 128 = 384megs.. ?! :-)
Yep, that's true too. It's like I thought it was soldered but it
was in a socket. And the Intel BX chipset can address more than 384 megs
of RAM.
> > Ah, so it's just the position of where the eprom chip is.
>
> yup..simple, but significant..!
Guess every millimeter counts!
> > Yep, I wonder how many returns have they gotten since the Crucial
> > memory offers a lifetime warranty and the 30 day moneyback guarantee.
>
> i have no idea..remember, this is the "scuttlebutt" not verifiable
> fact, since i don't have lines of communication into h/p, dell or
> ibm.. this came from a supplier to some or all of those companies..
The funny thing about the Crucial ads is they claim HP, Dell and
IBM use Crucial/Micron memory OEMed but it seems like that isn't entirely
true either.
> > Hmmm, it could be the IBM Lan Management thingy that came on the
> > software selection disk since that seems to open up a DOS prompt to load
> > during bootup.
>
> i have no idea, since i use windows for the lan and that is for novell
> or some such that i don't have..
I had no idea what it was for but just wanted to see how it
worked.
> i should also mention that some unbranded memory can be quite good,
> but has little or no warranty..
Hmmm, that's true too.
> and some branded and unbranded memory can be stacked chips, used chips
> or the like, and thus substandard..
Yeah, like some are totally garbage too.
> the big guys all use new chips and test them before shipping..
> usually.. when theres time..!
Hopefully atleast.
> i remember when some memory shipped, i got it, tested it, and nothing..!!
> turned out the eprom had not been programmed..! :-)
Oh well, sounds like my 770Z... Eeprom is acting funny...
> it all went back and i got new stuff..
> THATS why i like to test stuff before i send it out..
> lower chance i will need to be shipping things on my own 'nickel'..
Yep... that's a good practice.
Cheers,
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