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Article #1432Re: prices of monitors, 68020's, etc.
From: George Robbins
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1986 01:36
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1986 01:36
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In article <5861@sun.uucp> wmb@sun.uucp (Mitch Bradley) writes:
>Sun does not pay $1000 for thousand-line 19" monochrome monitors.
>When we first started shipping them several years ago, the price
>was in that ballpark (there was only one supplier), but not now.
>
>Mitch
As a further comment, there is quite a difference between a vendor like SUN
buying components, mostly in the US for assembly here in maybe ~1000 unit/month
quantitys, and someone like Atari or CBM buying parts in the Far East for sub-
assembly there in ~25000 unit/month quantitys.
I wouldn't want to quibble about the numbers here, the point I want to make is
that component pricing is based on quantity, location, quality, time, luck and
negotiating prowess. One some parts SUN and Atari might pay nearly the same
price, or others there might be a factor of 2-4 difference in cost.
--
George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: prices of monitors, 68020's, etc. Message-ID: <590@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Aug-86 21:36:11 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.590 Posted: Thu Aug 7 21:36:11 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Aug-86 07:36:40 EDT References: <5861@sun.uucp> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 22