Thanks guys - I put an order in for 256MB, should speed things up a bit
;^)
Stew Benedict
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote:
> Hi Stew,
>
> Thanx for the tip on creating the src.rpm :)
>
> Check out ramseeker.com - that's where I go for links to cheap Mac
> Memory. I'm not sure what kind of powerbook the lombard is, but here's
> an excerpt from the bottom of the page:
>
> **** G4 (PC133) <http://www.ramseeker.com/G4_PC133.shtml> 16mb: | 32mb
> 19.00 | 64mb 6.33 | 128mb 14.00 | 256mb 26.50 | 512mb 62.50 ****
>
> **** iMac (slot loading) <http://www.ramseeker.com/newimac.shtml> 16mb:
> | 32mb 8.00 | 64mb 6.23 | 128mb 14.00 | 256mb 27.00 512mb 62.99 ****
>
> **** PowerBook G4 <http://www.ramseeker.com/PBG4.shtml> 16mb: | 32mb
> 9.00 | 64mb 13.00 | 128mb 15.94 | 256mb 44.25 | 512mb 153.00 ****
>
> **** iBook <http://www.ramseeker.com/ibook.shtml> 16mb: | 32mb 7.00 |
> 64mb 13.00 | 128mb 15.93 | 256mb 44.25 | 512mb 825.00 ****
>
> if its a G4 Powerbook, $153 for 512MB doesn't seem to bad :) More than
> the $62.99 (I paid $69) for the iMac, but still not bad :) For my x86
> laptop (Dell Latitude CPi D266XT) 128MB costs roughly $400 ... a rip-off
> if I've ever seen one!
>
> -Brice
>
> Stew Benedict wrote:
>
> >Thanks Brice,
> >
> >Creating the source RPM:
> >
> >rpm -bs some-spec-file
> >
> >You spurred me into looking to see if cheap RAM was to be had for my
> >Powerbook Lombard, now that I've got drive space, but it doesn't look to
> >be so cheap in the couple of places I looked ;^)
> >
> >I'll be sure to enable high memory in the next kernel I patch up for PPC.
> >
> >Thx,
> >Stew Benedict
> >
>
>
