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- Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:20 am
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- Topic: Guesstimates - COTS component cost of the X16
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Guesstimates - COTS component cost of the X16
This doesn't include all the overheads. A typical "retail" price would be 2.5 to 3x the COGS. If you run it as a one-off Kickstarter project with no after sales support then you could get away with 2x COGS. That puts the price of the base kit at around $500-$550. If you want to assemble and ship a ...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:51 pm
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- Topic: Power supply
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6111
Power supply
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- Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:26 pm
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- Topic: Power supply
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6111
Power supply
PC power supplies have minimum load requirements to regulate correctly. The original IBM PC power supply (192W) had a minimum load requirement of 7A on the 5v line (35W). Modern supplies are going to have much lower minimums, but pulling only 0.5W from a 300W is going to be problematic. Is the PC c...
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:32 pm
- Forum: Official Announcements
- Topic: Ides of March Status of X16
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27731
Ides of March Status of X16
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- Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:54 pm
- Forum: Official Announcements
- Topic: PS/2 Direction for the Commander X16
- Replies: 87
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PS/2 Direction for the Commander X16
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- Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:09 am
- Forum: Official Announcements
- Topic: Change of product direction, good and bad news!
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- Views: 314369
Change of product direction, good and bad news!
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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:50 pm
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- Topic: (new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
- Replies: 82
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(new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:28 pm
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- Topic: (new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
- Replies: 82
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(new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:08 am
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- Topic: (new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
- Replies: 82
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(new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:08 am
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- Topic: (new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 21731
(new title): Hard decision, but the answer is pretty clear.
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