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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: How much for old hardware?
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:22:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 15:22:23 1985
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>  Everyone seems to be coming out with new, fancy graphics devices.
> What happens to the older units? Is there a market for them? 
> 						harold ravlin
Maintenance costs tend to drive the price of older equipment 
(especially fancy old equipment) down very far and very fast.
Maintenance contracts (and actual costs) tend to be a function of the
list price (not the new price) and tend to go up over time for
equipment with special parts.
In some extreme cases the maintenance cost of an old unit is *greater*
than the total cost (maintenance plus payments on a 24 month finance
deal) of a new unit.  In such a case, the only value of the old
(but still beautifully working) unit is as scrap.  Pity.
--henry schaffer