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

[Mark Marlette]

At 05:26 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote:

james,

James Diffendaffer, don't think he is on this list. The source was Yahoo!

I know you don't. I try to refer to you as james. :)

There are a lot of the james here!

Mark



>Mark
>
>Which James are you talking to?
>
>I h ave no problems with what ever you are doing.
>
>james daggett
>
>On 18 Apr 2005 at 15:13, Mark Marlette wrote:
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>From:                   Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>
>Subject:                Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Is this a
>discussion about a new Coco?
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> > 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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