Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Apple Shafts America; or, The Comput Message-ID: <452@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 09:42:04 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.452 Posted: Fri Sep 28 09:42:04 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:40:01 EDT References: <4346@fortune.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 In addition to the new 256K chips, remember that Apple also has to provide: - a 68000 - a 'Woz machine' disk controller chip - about 30 other chips, many complex -> expensive - a multi-layer PC board. at $995 ($1495 in Hoserland) it doesn't sound like Apple could be making much money on this. Maybe a bit more on the 512K Fat Macs, though. Tom Haapanen allegra \ clyde \ \ decvax ---- watmath --- watdcsu --- haapanen ihnp4 / / linus /