Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

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

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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: Bill Garber wrote:
:
: <snip>
:
: >BTW to create the DIE necessary to
: >stamp out, cut and bend these plates would cost upwards of
many $100's
: >and possibly into the $1000's. I haven't worked with metal
plate stamps
: >in many years so I haven't a clue anymore, but I can say it
wouldn't
: >be worth it to anyone. Hand-make them and maybe it could be
done.
:
: In this age of numerically controlled machinery, I would expect
that
: any order less than a few hundred would be best made without a
: die, but perhaps not by hand.
:
: A machine-readable "drawing" would be the prerequisite for an
: inexpensive NC-producible chunk of sheet metal.
:
: IIRC, there's only one simple brake bend in the
sheet--everything
: else is cutting, drilling, and punching.

Thanks, now you're going to talk on a subject that I know best.
I've worked with CNC, and CAD/CAM for over 25 years. First of
all, I wouldn't make more than 20-30 of these plates to start
with, and no one is going to break into any production to make
that few. We charged as much as $150 each for a simple ring with
4 grooves in the ID. How much more will they want for such a
plate
with all of those cutouts. It's hardly a venture any MFG, even a
small one, would care to undertake. For 1000's of pieces, maybe.
The more you make, the cheaper they can be made. Fewer quantities
will be costly all around.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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