[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Is this a discussion about a new Coco?

[Mark Marlette]

At 10:36 AM 4/18/2005, you wrote:

James,

Normally I'm pretty reserved on what I say on the list because of what we 
do. I'm really not going to be to concerned if I offend you on this response.

I'll take as many of the SuperBoard's that you can make for under $100, 
that includes all of the options, including the Ethernet. The Ethernet chip 
alone costs well over $65 and that doesn't include the support chips. Then 
add in the cost of the PCB board, CPLDs which are in the $8-11 range each 
which there are 4-6 of them on the board.  As you can see without evening 
spending a whole a lot of time on it that the price goes up very fast. You 
must have been a sleep that day in Business Economics. Prove me wrong and 
send me the product. You can't. It is easier for you to sit back and do 
nothing but critique other peoples work and say it is too expensive.

I can tell by your previous posts that you have done VERY little with 
developing products. You want to use discrete components rather than 
current technology. As that is you choice, I have DONE both and this is a 
statement that shows me you know VERY little of what you are talking about.

I have fifty-seven down payments for the SuperBoard with many follow on 
orders. I'm not taking anymore down payments as the initial price to 
produce has been met. Maybe you have more business sense than I do or just 
have more money to throw around? Can you put out over $5700 to produce this 
ONE board? Remember we produce more than this one board. I'll do the math 
for you.... 57 * $100(your price) = $5700. I used $100, even though it is 
more expensive than that. You would go broke because you will loose money 
on every board sold. This is a hobby business for me, love and passion of 
the machine. I can't afford to make those types of errors and be around 
here very long. We have been around and will continue to be around because 
of the thought and planning that goes in to each and every product we produce.

With the given facts, you are WAY off base on your price and statement.

Mark
Cloud-9




>$350 - $450 for something that should cost less than $100 in parts is
>why I won't be interested.  It does sound like it will be a pretty
>complete solution though.
>
>--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Ash" <teamick at c...> wrote:
> > Cloud 9's superboard will fit the bill, whenever it gets here. Mark
>said the
> > base motherboard would start at about 150.00 and end up at around
>350.00
> > /450.00
> > with all the add ons. The base unit will take up to 2mb of 30 pin
>simms,
> > upgraded protector, dual 16550 ports, a parallel port & 8-32k roms.
>Add ons
> > would be real time clock, scsi/ide/flash , ps2 keyboard and
>ethernet. The
> > most expensive being the ethernet, which had it's own  cpu.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Al Hartman" <alhartman at y...>
>
> > >
> > > I'd be interested in buying one.
> > >
> > > Meaning a Coco that could be put into a standard ATX
> > > case and use standard PC Components (floppy drives,
> > > etc...).
> > >
> > > There are several projects that have done this
> > > recently...
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