Re: How much do the parts for a thumb drive cost?
- From: "LVTravel" <none@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:03:39 -0400
Jim, I was lucky to sell my TI-99-4a, with the disk expansion box for more
than I paid for it. That was just before I bought a Kaypro NEC chipped
system with a 30 MB HD, and a 3.5" and 5 1/4" floppy setup, CGA. The Kaypro
only cost me $1700 which was a steal in those days. Still miss the days of
programming the TI with basic.
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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Got a Ti-99-4A too.
"Ted Zieglar" <teddy.z@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Jim - Are you sure you want to sell your Toshiba? It's a
piece of history!
|
| ---
| Ted Zieglar
| "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > I've seen 1 GB thumb drive for about $30, which means
that
| > production and shipping cost is probably below $3.
| > Flash memory may replace hard drives in laptops within a
| > year or two, primarily to save power and increase speed.
| > The cost of most things is more to do with initial
design
| > and production facilities and handling, than the raw
| > materials and unit labor.
| > Twenty years ago I had a Toshiba T1000 laptop that had
the
| > OS in ROM and a virtual hard drive in RAM. It had no
real
| > hard drive and only a 720 Kb floppy. It was B&W CGA and
an
| > 80C16 CPU at 4.77 MHz and ran a version of DOS.
| >
| > Anybody wants to buy it, it still runs but needs either
an
| > external monitor or a new LCD because it was damaged.
| >
| >
| >
| > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
| > in message news:e$7xBM$7GHA.940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | You are paying for the people who have the necessary
| > technology and the
| > | parts to put it together. Parts likely cost about
$5.00
| > |
| > | --
| > |
| > | Regards,
| > |
| > | Richard Urban
| > | Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
| > | (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
| > |
| > | Quote from George Ankner:
| > | If you knew as much as you think you know,
| > | You would realize that you don't know what you thought
you
| > knew!
| > |
| > | "Terry" <kilowatt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > |
| >
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| > | > Are the parts expensive or are we just paying for
the
| > technology?
| > | >
| > | > How soon are these going to replace hard drives?
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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