Re: Why the RamWorks III?

["J.Q.P." <jqp@hotmail.com>]

Wayne Stewart wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know or can guess why the RamWorks III was produced. Looks
> like they just rearranged some of the chips on the RamWorks II and
> renamed it.

Looking at pics of both boards, the Ramworks III has
2 fewer chips.  Probably cheaper to produce.  In a
competitive, but low-margin market, every chip you
can safely eliminate, every trace, every drilled hole,
every solder joint removed = $$$

Heh...I suppose the market for add-on RAM cards was
competitive there for a while.  Anyone remember that
company (was it Checkmate?) that used to have at the
top of their ads: "21 meg //e!  17 Meg //c!" 
(bragging about how much memory their cards could
hold, maxed out)

Wasnt there one large-capacity RAM card that used
stacks of half-sized SIMMs, only with chips on
both sides? (8 chips, 4 on each side)

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