imsai 2

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Aug 18 23:52:10 1999

If that sticks in your craw, go back and read my original statement. It's a
fact that the fan alone costs $15 more than the case with the PSU with the
fan in it. What's more, it appears nobody carries the fans as a stock item.

Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenatacme_at_aol.com <Glenatacme_at_aol.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: imsai 2


>In a message dated 08/18/1999 10:20:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>edick_at_idcomm.com writes:
>
>> The unfortunate fact, Tony, is that here in the U.S, because people are
>> accustomed to paying <$25 for a case with power supply (250 Watts is the
>> rating) including shipping, it's hard to get vendors to stock
replacement
>> fans of any sort, let alone good and quiet ones.
>
>Man, that's a fact. Our wholesaler sells cases with (crap) 250 watt power
>supplies for US$20, 250 watt (crap) power supplies by themselves for $19,
and
>(crap) replacement fans for $15.
>
>Can anyone provide a clue as to why this is so? Basic economics suggests
>that it costs a *lot* more to produce a case w/psu than a psu alone --
>likewise for the psu vs. the fan . . .
>
>Glen Goodwin
>0/0
Received on Wed Aug 18 1999 - 23:52:10 BST