Re: Schematics for Accelerators

["Sheane and Bonnie Meikle" <action1@telusplanet.net>]

I agree that it could be just as expensive to build a new accelerator. maybe
a kit card would keep the cost down? Even if we could get somebody like
alltec to build us a card it would have a warrantee and that's worth
something. Another advantage to a new card is that it could come at 20 MHz
out of the package. Just my 2 cents worth.

Sheane

<mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca> wrote in message
news:HpdE4.2625$H7.218780@brie.direct.ca...
> In <ymbE4.2429$dc2.164936@news0.telusplanet.net>, "Sheane and Bonnie
Meikle" <action1@telusplanet.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >I think this is a very worthy project as there are lots of us that can't
> >afford to buy a used accelerator.
>
> Not to knock the efforts on this, but isn't hardware development usually
pretty
> expensive? I can't remember what CMD's accellerator for the C-64 was, but
I
> seem to remember it was rather pricey.
>
> I agree that the going rate for used accellerators that are at least 8
years old
> that border on the retail price is rediculous, but there's no telling that
a new
> custom board won't cost at least that much.
>
> Of course it's easier to shell out that sort of money on something new.