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- From: whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: <<<<<FOR SALE 68030 33MHz. - $300 shipping paid by me
- Keywords: 68030
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.222208.16332@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 22:22:08 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep2.222208.16332
- References: <1992Aug28.222006.11603@hamblin.math.byu.edu> <1992Aug29.001842.163@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In article <1992Aug29.001842.163@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug28.222006.11603@hamblin.math.byu.edu> richard@newt.ee.byu.edu (Richard Christensen) writes:
-
- >>I have a 68030 at 33 MHz chip. I need to sell it
- >>for $300.
-
- >Now here is an example of market forces at work.
- >Who uses the 68030? A lot of closed-box-high-priced systems.
- >And we're talking $300 just for the CPU.
- >
- >Now look at the 80386 -40 (or Intel -33, whatever).
- >Who uses this CPU? many many open MS-DOS/Unix/whatever systems.
- >Cost for the motherboard and CPU? -> $225.
-
- The lesson: a part like the 80386, which is generic (and available
- from two independent sources, AMD and Intel) is less expensive than
- a part like the 68030, which is not available in a 'clone' from
- any second source.
-
- Anyone else want to start up an 'Open Hardware Foundation'?
-
- John Whitmore
-