Re: What's Next for the Apple II?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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: Bill Garber replied:
:
: >"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
: >20040120144959.22644.00000381@mb-m18.aol.com">news:20040120144959.22644.00000381@mb-m18.aol.com...
: >: Bill Garber wrote:
: >:
: >: <snip>
: >:
: >: >I am not applying the CF socket
: >: >to the card as the adapters are cheaper than
: >: >I can provide one for. I have seen these for
: >: >as little as $20.
: >:
: >: You might want to check with Richard about his source--
: >: I'd be surprosed if the CF socket was more than $2.
: >
: >Cost of part is not in question. Cost of
: >having them soldered on outside is. ;-)
:
: If it's mounted to a PC board, wave-soldering gets
: everything at the same time.  The only extra cost is
: part insertion.
:
: If it's mounted remote from the board--a likely case--then
: it would probably require another connector and a flexible
: cable, at slightly more cost.
:
: It's interesting how things go up in cost by a factor of
: ten as the quantities get down under 100,000.  ;-)

You're telling me. I've been shopping
and prices are very weird at this range.
Prices at 100 pieces or less can vary as
much as 50%-300% from the average, which
means that if the average price is $1.00
then you will find the same item at other
places for anywhere from $0.50 to $3.00.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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