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From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: The 'cost' of a '532 system.
Keywords: cheap nsc 532
Message-ID: <2661@sultra.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 88 23:32:56 GMT
References: <433@sdrc.UUCP> <2659@sultra.UUCP> <1041@raspail.UUCP>
Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1041@raspail.UUCP>, bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht) writes:
> In article <2659@sultra.UUCP>, dtynan@sultra.UUCP I wrote:
>> On a related point, in my estimation we need 20 hard-core
>> check-book in-hand people, before any of this is reasonable.  Of course, more
>> is good too :-)  What is the "head-count" right now?  Anyone know?
> 
>I'm not quite ready to count myself as a checkbook-in-hand person just yet, but
>I might be, if someone can provide a rough estimate of what it will cost to
>build one.

I got some good figures from Steve Ligett, who says the artwork would cost
~$200, the setup fee for the PC's would be ~$1000, and the per-PC costs
would be ~$150.  It should be noted, that I haven't checked these figures.
Neither has Steve.  They are ballpark numbers.  With this in mind, approx-
imately 20 people would make the BARE PC BOARD cost $200.  After that, you're
on your own.  SIMM's tend to be expensive, but I don't mind paying for a good
system, when it is in little (unnoticeable) increments.  The PC board would
be of the XT (or AT) variety.  A case costs $20->40, depending on taste.   A
PSU can cost up to $70, depending on power, and a keyboard can cost up to $100.
These are all "off-the-cuff" figures.  As for the minor detail of a 20MHz '532
chip (or chip set?), someone from NSC will have to answer that one.  Of course,
on top of that, is the OS.
						- Der
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