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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The LC vs. IIsi (CPUs)
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.203402.15701@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 91 20:34:02 GMT
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Actually, I wonder about the economics of the LC design.  In today's
world of single-board CPUs, and falling memory prices, I can't see how
a 16-bit bus saves much money.  Apple has included a separate video
ram in the LC, probably due to the slowness of the 16-bit bus, which
increases the cost of the design.  Last I checked, 256K of video DRAM
was in the $30-$40 price range.  How much money would it have cost
apple to provide two extra simm sockets and more wires on the PC board
of the LC?  Less than $40?
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