Off the wall question... Retail price for a 512K Lisa memory board in 1982?

Started by bmwcyclist, March 15, 2025, 11:30:53 AM

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bmwcyclist

Does anyone know the retail price for a 512K Lisa memory board in 1982?

Or even the AST board?

I plan on displaying my spare board when I show off the Lisa at local club events, and thought it might be neat to show the card and the price at the time.
Using my LISA for writing blogs and other work projects and fun and games at home.
LISA 2/10, AST RAM board, ESProfile, FloppyEMU, reproduction LISA 1 mouse, BlueSCSI

Lisa2

Sun Remarketing was selling the RAMSTACK board for $799 in 1988:

https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/sun_remarketing/Sun_Remarketing_Catalog_Summer_1988.pdf

Understand that this was 4 years later and SunRem prices were much lower than the original retail. 

bmwcyclist

Quote from: Lisa2 on March 15, 2025, 12:26:57 PM
Sun Remarketing was sell the RAMSTACK board for $799 in 1988:

https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/sun_remarketing/Sun_Remarketing_Catalog_Summer_1988.pdf

Understand that this was 4 years later and SunRem prices were much lower than the original retail.

Thanks!
Using my LISA for writing blogs and other work projects and fun and games at home.
LISA 2/10, AST RAM board, ESProfile, FloppyEMU, reproduction LISA 1 mouse, BlueSCSI

sigma7

More data...

"The LisaTalk Report" Sample issue (dunno how many there were)
has a letter/article AST RamSTak by Richard Hart August 1, 1985 showing
0.5 MB $895
1.0 MB $1495
1.5 MB $2095
2.0 MB $2695
 
I have a letter from DaFax, postmarked 25 Oct 1985, that gives the above as list prices, and these DaFax prices:
0.5 MB $695
1.0 MB $895
1.5 MB $1095
2.0 MB $1295

Sun Remarketing Fall 1987 catalog
AST RamStak 1.5 MB $599
Apple 0.5 MB $300
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bmwcyclist

Using my LISA for writing blogs and other work projects and fun and games at home.
LISA 2/10, AST RAM board, ESProfile, FloppyEMU, reproduction LISA 1 mouse, BlueSCSI