[SGVLUG] 486s came with about 8 to 16Mb of RAM?...

[Claude Felizardo]

On 5/25/06, Robert <mrflash818 at geophile.net> wrote:
> I bought my first Zeos 386DX with 4Mb of RAM for $3k back in the late 80's
> early 90's, so I want to estimate that a 486DX probably came loaded with 8
> to 16Mb of RAM back in the day....
>
> I remember paying $50 per 1Mb of 60ns RAM (simm) to upgrade to 8Mb of RAM
> so I could play with autocad v10 for dos.
>
> >
> > I wish I could remember how much memory 486's used to typically come
> > with.

I just happened to have my checkbook with me where I have the receipt
for the 486DX4/100 system I bought on 2/11/95 from AB Computer which
IIRC was somewhere in Pasadena.

$295  486 PCI+VLB w/ 256 K cache w/fan
$490  16 MB 72 pin memory
 $64    tax?
----------------------
$849   -- sure hope that came with a video card.

looks like I was also trading in an 8x1 SIMM for $200!

Seems like a heck of a lot of money for so little memory but at the
time, I'm guessing it was a decent machine.   Don't remember what OS I
was running at the time?  OS/2?

claude