GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))

Mon Oct 21 13:16:15 UTC 1996

> alex at relcom.eu.net writes:
> > and WHY have I to pay 3,500$ for the 32Mb ram if this RAM costs
> > 600$ on the free market???).
> 
> Dunno for sure about the 4xxx, but the 7xxx use standard SIMMs, and Cisco
> has even qualified some manufacturers' parts. Oddly enough, they have
> also *disqualified* some parts that you'd think were exactly the same. I
> don't know the details there. The sales types obviously don't like to
> talk about it, but you really *can* get $12k of 7500 memory for $800. And
> they'll even agree that it works, if you talk to the right cisco folks.
> 
> /a

$400 now...

Avi