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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Motorola pricelist (was RE: CPU MHz in A1200+)
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 15:36:31 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen) writes:
-
- > To clearify (hmm joyful reading ;)) the issue I droped by
- > Motorolas price-book today. (http://motserv.indirect.com/cgi-bin/pg)
- > Interresting to note is the 33Mhz version of the 020.
-
- Most interesting list :)
-
- The main point is that a 40MHz 68EC030 is cheaper by a factor of 3,
- mainly because the 40MHz 68030 just exists in PGA package. A 33MHz
- 68030 (in PLCC package) is just only slightly more expensive. So you
- could argue wether you want a 40MHz CPU without MMU or a 33MHz one
- with MMU. But it is a bit difficult to argue why a slower machine
- has to cost more.
-
- Another interesting fact is that a 25MHz 040 is only slightly more
- expensive than a 50MHz 030 and a 33MHz LC040 is even cheaper.
- This basically rules out the 50MHz 030 for everything and the choice
- is between 33MHz 68030, 40MHz 68EC030 (about same cost) or a more
- expensive 040 version.
-
- Also, the $100 more for the 040 are what the manufacturer would have to
- pay (well, probably less in large quantity). You can't expect that the end
- customer had to pay the same prices even when you just consider the cost
- of the CPU chip only (there is more... faster logic and RAM, cooling, etc).
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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