Having worked with 1103's I would argue that by
modern standards
Even the "cream of the crop" were little above floor sweepings.
Was it that a lot of new 1103s were DOA, oe what there a problem with
them fialing in use, or what?
The reason I ask is that I have several old HP calculators full of 1103s,
and AFAIK all are original (and gettign on for 40 years old). So far,
otuch wood, I've not had any problems with the RAM in these machines.
-tony