On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 06:44:15PM +0200, Antonio RodrÃguez wrote: > Different memory types have different prices.
I was just having some fun when I posted that and didn't mean to attack the price. Value after all is in the eye of the beholder. On the other hand, a person with sufficient patience can get things cheap. For example: my 4 MB RAM card and Apple HS SCSI card cost about $6 or $7 (and there were a lot of other goodies with them). > Memory gets cheaper with time, but when a kind of memory gets > obsolete, it tends to start raising its price. Not really. It is just that the memory was much more expensive to start with. For example: I paid well over two hundred dollars for four 4 MB 30-pin SIMMs in 1992. You would be luck to get $20 for that memory today. > Also, a memory card isn't only memory, it has also a circuit > board, some support chips, and the labor needed to assemble all > it. IIRC, there is one support chip in Bill's board and it is doubtful that it is an expensive one (by that I mean it should cost less than a dollar). That said, Bill's design isn't exactly a cheap one nor would it be simple to assemble. When I first saw it, I was left wondering why he didn't create a more modern design. While 1 MB 30-pin SIMMs are cheap and easy to come by (well, at least they were a couple of years ago) by the time you consider socketing, drilling, and the labour involved in soldering it, it would probably be cheaper to get small batches of boards done with modern surface mount components (like the CFFA board). Of course it would be more difficult to design and test, but a product is different from a hobby. Byron. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
