>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.
I also have two trays of 20 each 1x9 30-pin SIMMS. Mostly 3-chip, some
9-chip. Basically collected as systems were upgraded. Sometimes I think
that being in Northern California has something to do with it. Almost
everything PC related I buy originates in the Bay Area...perhaps because
that's where the ships come to port from Taiwan? I dunno. Sometimes
I think I take things for granted, and forget that there isn't a Fry's
Electronics (thankfully) in every community...
Thirty pin sticks can still be ordered from just about everywhere. You
can get name brand stuff like Viking, or no-name RAM. The only oddity
is that 30-pin sticks cost more than 72-pin sticks for an equivilent
capacity. Odd.