Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihuxn!ewp From: ewp@ihuxn.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: 'Artificially' different products Message-ID: <273@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 08:26:23 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxn.273 Posted: Fri Jul 1 08:26:23 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 01:04:57 EDT Lines: 10 A lot of time and effort is needed to do the physical design of hardware. In some cases the parts not needed are left off the boards (for example, a memory board half empty). In some cases the cost of separate assembly lines, extra inventory, parts tracking, etc. make it cheaper to just disable the unordered logic. After all, you are paying for the value added by the engineering, not just the cost of the parts. Ed Pawlak ihnp4!ihuxn!ewp