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From: gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unexpandable megas
Message-ID: <1989Dec30.064240.9297@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 30 Dec 89 06:42:40 GMT
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In article <25352@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Greg Lindahl says, about Atari's making two different Mega PC boards..
> 
>>   ... And so I try to avoid showing my ignorance in public by
>>bashing Atari on topics that I don't know anything about.
> 
>Oh well, guess we won't be hearing from Greg anymore on this topic.. how
>about anyone else who's been involved in designing PC boards, or etching
>them, or the processes of automated drilling and parts insertion..  can 
>anyone think of a reason why it would be more cost effective to take ONE
>part which serves an identical purpose in TWO products, and redesign it
>so it only works in one of them, thus requiring TWO separate parts, lower
>production volumes on each, and separate inventories..?

Gosh, well I have designed PC boards and etched them. But the reason
that I'm not claiming an expert opinion is this:

Maybe the second design was so much cheaper that it saved money
despite the lower production volume and separate inventories?

If you have an expert answer for this question, you must be an
accountant that works for Atari. Since you aren't...

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Greg Lindahl