24 Mar
1999
24 Mar
'99
5:31 p.m.
That's exactly what Todd Fischer was writing about building. I certainly
hope he doesn't do it.
Those cases or, for that matter, any cases, in low volume, meaning fewer
than, say 5000 per week, would be the bulk of the cost of nearly any
computer. When you can use the most sophisticated machinery to make a
simple product, however, the cost comes back down around $3 per pound.
That's why, although I can't buy a decent fan for my power supply for under
$40, though I can buy a power supply for $35, I can buy the case, with power
supply and a fan, though still not a "decent" fan, for $27.
It's the economy of scale.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Rebirth of IMSAI
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, bluoval wrote:
> Why not just build a kit w/out the case, or sell the case seperate? I'd
gladly
> buy a kit like that and install it in a metal file
cabinet. That'll cut
the
costs, if
metalwork is that expensive.
The separate sales of the case could be the big money maker! I would
think that a lot of the clueless yuppies that overbid for them on e-bay
would be even happier with an "IMSAI" case containing a current Pentium
motherboard. (How many here are familiar with Excalibur cars?)
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
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