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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Why 68000?
Message-ID: <1990Feb13.044454.23665@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 13 Feb 90 04:44:54 GMT
References: <1990Feb11.154304.19943@smsc.sony.com> <10090004@hpsad.HP.COM>
Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp.
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In article <10090004@hpsad.HP.COM> ashore@hpsad.HP.COM (Alex Shore) writes:
>
>Your assumption is that volume for a 68000 is about the same as volume for
>the 68030, which is sadly mistaken.

That's not what I said.  I said that I didn't think that the chip cost
would be that much more.

I figured that a 68000 costs $10-$20, so even with your 3-4X figure,
the 68030 is not costly enough to make it out of the question for a
low-cost Mac.  Even $100 a chip is worth it for the added
functionality.

Also, realize that I'm talking about Apple developing a machine that
won't come to market until at least the end of this year, and when it
does it will ship in such volume that whatever chip is used is going
to drop in price.

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