From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 31 16:58:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA00394 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:58:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA00382 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:58:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA20566; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:41:25 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602010111.LAA20566@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:41:25 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601311608.LAA16772@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Jan 31, 96 11:08:35 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dennis stands accused of saying: > >Depending on what parts were required, I'd guess at ~$60 or so (assembled). > >(My guess is a GAL and an 8254 would be the order of the day). > > > >> Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net > > Ours are $139 Q5....figure out the cost recovery and you'd have to > need a hundred to break even......I dont even market them 'cause > theres no margin at that price. Either you hand-assemble them yourself and have a high opinion of your time's value, or your fab agency is ripping you. The card should be the length of an 8-bit slot and about an inch high ($20 in low quantities), it should contain about $10 in parts (and here I admit that I don't know how fancy your card's design is), and cost about $30 to load and test (presuming that you you allow ~10 mins to load and another 10 to test, which is generous.) At $140, that's ~$80 for margin and overheads, which is a reasonable price depending on how many you move. Just don't cry poor about it, ok? 8) > db -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[