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To: Alomex who wrote (33578)6/3/2002 12:59:02 PM
From: Jeff Hayden  Respond to of 213177
 
"Actually the savings are in the design of an 8-bit bus computer, not on the pins themselves."

The reason an 8-bit bus computer is slightly cheaper is mostly due to there being 8 fewer pins on each package that connects to it. There may have been a savings of a few $1 chips. Of course if IBM was recovering more copper from the etchant due to 8 fewer traces, maybe that savings was worth it?

The savings was peanuts.


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