Posted By
JamesD
on 2006-08-15
11:53:35
|  Re: Missed opportunities with the Plus 4
Watch the video again. 116, the original "TED" for $49. The improved version, the 264 was originally $79. They didn't say how much the 364 would cost but that really was supposed to be a business computer. I'm guessing from the comments about the prototype that it wouldn't cost over $100 to build either. Remember, CBM manufactured most of the stuff themselves.
Which brings it back to the original topic. At $79 the computer was only $10 more than the 1500 included with the Computer Literacy package and they would have been much happier with the 264. I don't think they would have minded spending another $10 to get a "real" computer.
BTW, does the C16 have a different board layout than the 116 or is it a 116 motherboard in a modified VIC20 case? Either way it probably didn't cost them over $55 to make.
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