Various Macs for Sale

[John Boffemmyer IV]

I used to have a contact at Transcend (memory guys). In 2003, 30 pin, 
16MB SIMMS were about $138 U.S. per, only orderable in pairs, but 
they could produce on demand. Nowadays, I have no idea, but I'm sure 
a few places still have them.
-John Boffemmyer IV

At 09:53 PM 9/12/2005, you wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:47:07 -0500
>Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/12/05, Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > The SE/30 is also nice
> > > because you can put a lot more memory in it than any other 'classic'
> > > Mac.  32 megs is trivial, and if you chase down 30 pin 16M SIMMs you
> > > can put 128 Megs in an SE/30.
> >
> > I've had an SE/30 for about 10 years (it was the first Mac I've owned
> > with a SuperDrive), but I've never been able to lay my hands on any 30
> > pin 16MB SIMMs... they are rarer than 72 pin 36-bit 32MB SIMMs for
> > sun4m machines (SPARCclassic, LX) - _those_ I've been able to track
> > down to max out an LX or two.
> >
> > At least one doesn't _need_ 128MB on a 68K Mac running MacOS, unless
> > you are doing a lot of Photoshop work - then, I'd recommend a newer
> > machine anyway, one with color, like a Mac IIci w/cache card.
> >
>
>Yes, Photoshop on an SE/30 does seem a bit silly, with it's one-bit
>'color' graphics capability.
>
>Memory upgrades for older hardware is always problematic.  I would love
>to have more memory in my Powerbook 165c, but it's very proprietary.  At
>least if you get old enough, it becomes individual chips.  Ironically,
>it's easier to find the memory to upgrade my Sym 1 than it is to find
>the memory to upgrade that Powerbook.  (So my Sym 1 is 'torqued out' at,
>I think, the full 8k)
>
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