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Sat Mar 6 14:45:13 1982
H19 prices
>From decvax!microsoft!gordon@Berkeley Sat Mar 6 14:41:53 1982
I was one of the designers of the h19 terminal. Its 'computed sell
price', which is the price at which it would sell to earn standard
profits, was about $350. Considering the amortization of the
design and tooling costs, Heath/Zenith are in a position to keep the
terminal competitive for a long time, by just dropping the price.
An interesting side effect of printed circuts and ic's is that it is
usually much cheaper to produce the wired version of a item than it
is to produce the kit. Thus, kit prices were normally set at what they
had to be to earn a profit, and wired prices were arbitrarily
set higher to maintain the 'kit advantage'.
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