cool, I hadn't checked...we just bought another 128 stick for $101 would have been 120 for namebrand. where are you looking? pricewatch.com? addenda- I also just got a 20g hdd at compusa for $10 this freeded up a spare for another go at linux. On my UMBC (university of md balt campus) linux group much is said about how Redhat is the M$ of linux. debian being the preferred distro. I have mandrake 7, redhat 6 and redhat 6.1 both my new hosts are Redhat 5 I need to know how to install and edit cgi scripts now. thanks for the 'cheap ram' heads up. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 6:23 PM Subject: [COMP] wow, RAM is cheap > Folks, now is the time to buy RAM. I was just thinking "wow, this would > be better with another 128 megs," so I headed over to pricewatch.com just > out of curiousity. > > For $51, you can get a 128 meg stick of PC133, double that for 256 megs. > That's for the cheap stuff though, so you might want to pay a little more > for better quality. I've never seen prices this low... > > Just thought I'd drop everyone a note! > > John > > > > -- > # John Madden weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 2EB9EA > # UNIX Systems Engineer, Ivy Tech State College > # FreeLists, Free mailing lists for all: //www.freelists.org > # Sys-Admin / Webmaster, Avenir Web: http://avenir.dhs.org > # Linux, Apache, Perl and C: All the best things in life are free! > > ======================================== > Avenir Web's Computers Mailing List > > List Modes, Subscription, and General Info: > Go to http://avenir.dhs.org/mailing.html > List Archives: http://avenir.dhs.org/archives/ > Administrative Contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Get computer help: http://avenir.dhs.org > ======================================== ======================================== Avenir Web's Computers Mailing List List Modes, Subscription, and General Info: Go to http://avenir.dhs.org/mailing.html List Archives: http://avenir.dhs.org/archives/ Administrative Contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Get computer help: http://avenir.dhs.org ========================================