One word: inventory.
ComOS got bigger over the last couple of revs as we included some new
features and laid the groundwork for the changes to follow as we
introduce the PM3 and the new routing code and such. (I wonder if
Zoner considers it bloated yet? :) But we still have all these units
which have been assembled with the four 256K SIMMs, and we still have
a lot of those SIMMs around, and so...
Well, that's my guess, anyway. I don't work in Manufacturing, so I
suppose I could be wrong.
On a similar note, you can't find 1x9 30-pin SIMMs? Last I knew you
couldn't swing a dead cat without knocking over a display rack of the
things. I used to have five or six in my junk drawer, pulled out of
various and sundry upgraded computers. They were -the- common PC
memory module in the 386 and 486's heyday. I guess the 72-pin modules
all the manufacturers are fitting into the P5 machines are taking over
the market. (Which, I suppose, is why the PM3 uses 72-pin SIMMs... )
At any rate, it still surprises me that, with so many 30-pin SIMMs
having been made, they aren't still relatively thick on the ground.
They might be harder to get new, but I'd be really stunned if you
couldn't find them used.
--G.
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