Re: Amiga, Mac, Atari

["Kelli Halliburton" <kelli217@crosswinds.not>]

"Wildstar" <wildstar128@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

Laser drilling units in 1979? For a little company like Atari? I don't think
so.

Wildstar, please get a sense of proportion. Technology costs go down as you
go forward in time, which means that they go UP when you go BACKWARD in
time. We're talking about stuff that happened between 20 and 25 years ago! A
Commodore 64 cost US$600 when it was released.