Re: Amiga, Mac, Atari

["Wildstar" <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

"richard cortese" <ricortes@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:qu3k9.796
>
> Ha! You've been there too? One of the devices I helped develop had a
mistake
> made by the project manager on the price of one componet. I had reported
it
> to him accurately but he made a mistake moving a decimal point over that
> reduced the cost by a factor of 10. This was the difference between 1.5�
and
> 15� in the cost of a device that was going out the door at $18-$20. I
still
> remember him telling me that I had killed the entire project with *my*
> mistake.
>
> One of the things that hasn't been mentioned yet is the added expense of
> drilling 12 extra holes and manufacturing fall out/costs on everything
from
> dull drills to bent pins and solder bridges. There are several good books
> out on the topic that illustrate QC/product fallout is one of the most
> effective cost effective activities you can pursue. Nothing is more
> expensive in the chain then having a solder bridge because of one of those
> extra pins and having to either rework or toss out a populated board.

Don't you think they use Lasers to cut the holes. No longer longer a need
for drills. Yet
this was available to companies like Commodore and Atari. The question maybe
a at most a little cheaper
and yes at 100,000 unit shipment, well you are talking about an overall
price difference. Still doesn't make a d*** difference on the per unit price
of the console which is only a $99 unit. Just sell it for $99.99 a piece.
which is $100 and gain that $1.00 addition in price. Tighten the trace
circuits a slight further. (Bring the chips slightly closer) makes the PCB
smaller.

All that price difference is easy enough to counter in a $1 increase in
price per game cartridge. Figure a $45 cartridge equal $46.00.