Re: SIMMs

[David Myers <dmgraph@bway.net>]

>>More BTW: I just ordered more RAM to max out my Echoplex and discovered 
>an
>>interesting phenomenon.  Several of the memory companies asked me, "what 
>is
>>it for?", and in one case I told them.  They said, we sell so-and-so for
>>samplers and music equipment--bottom line, the very same 30-pin SIMMs as
>>for a Mac SE30, etc., but a jacked-up price.  Reason?  I dunno--maybe
>>they've had music people return RAM more often?
>
>Try: "gee, musicians are actually dumb enough to believe that their sound
>will be affected by the simms they use! Let's unload these expensive ones
>that nobody else will buy."
>
>kim


Kim:

No doubt this is at play often, but my actual scenario was even weirder.
The girl on the line actually admitted to me that they were selling the
SAME SIMMs to computer people for $15, but as sampler memory the price was
$25.  SAME SIMMs.  Wow.