Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!daver!bungi.com!news Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: pc532 costs Message-ID: From: ** Sender Unknown ** Date: 15 Apr 91 03:42:35 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Approved: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 26 OK, since someone wanted to know how much he was going to be in for, and I haven't seen anyone post the information here goes... (This is all from memory, so the numbers may be close, I hope...) motherboard $200 (George and Dave) CPU FPU ICU Free (sampled by Pioneer and NS) EPROM and Clock Free (Dallas Semi NV-RAM and DS1216, check the org line) some sockets leds $40 (Tanners junk parts shop) other parts, Steve $235 (Steve) ST296 80MB drive $350 (Soft Warehouse) case & pwr supply $175 (local wholesale, a friend has an account there...) MacMinix 1.5 $170 (Taylor's Tech. books) total: about $1200 your milage may vary I hear that the CPU FPU ICU go for about $800??? (is it $500?), so expect to pay about $2000 for everything and several hours to solder, several days to debug if you made a mistake, and several weeks/months to collect the parts... Was this close guys? Or is my memory going bad like the battery controller in the first NV-RAM I tried to use (shouldn't try using rejects... 8-(, etc... -- Jon Buller jonb@vector.dallas.tx.us ..!texsun!vector!jonb FROM Fortune IMPORT Quote; FROM Lawyers IMPORT Disclaimer;