25 Nov
1998
25 Nov
'98
7:35 a.m.
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ethan Dicks <erd(a)infinet.com> wrote:
] I am cranking along with the capture of the Elf99 design...
I didn't speak up before, but I'm sitting on
the "interested" side
of the fence.
So to me, being 1802-based and being cheap/easy
would be the big attractions. If I could populate the entire board
for under $20, that would probably be enough to pull me off the
fence entirely.
$20 in total parts cost is not feasible. The CPU is under $10, the RAM
can be scavenged, the 4xxx parts scavenged or bought for <$1 each, but there
will be at least 8 to 10 of them. The displays are between $15 and $20 for
the pair. Switches are another expense - 12 toggle switches and a pushbutton.
Cheap it will be, but not quite that cheap.
-ethan