On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
> I don't know if $500 is the right number either, but I figure that in a
> "new" IMSAI 8080 kit in low quantities, there'd be at least $75 in boards,
> $100++ for the case, $50 for the power supply, $25 for a silkscreened front
> panel and the rest, silicon, passives, switches, and the backplane
> connectors. And that doesn't iinclude any re-engineering costs to account
> for parts that have been discontinued or marked as "end-of-life."
$500 is a bit optimistic. I think the materials alone would cost that
much (metal, PCBs, connectors, power supply elements, etc).
> Personally, I'd prefer a kit, and I think that $500-600 is not
> unreasonable. I'm sure that if you open this up to the hobbyest community,
> you'd find enough takers to make a 500-unit quantity production run
> feasable.
Only in sufficient quantity, but remember this was about the price of a
new kit in 1976 (ok, maybe a bit higher), and therefore inflation would
dictate a much higher cost these days.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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