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To: James Sinclair who wrote (5373)	7/15/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Quickterm High End Math This close to earnings, I just can't put down my sharp pencil. How many extra chips need to be sold to cover the cost of this new-fangeled Quickterm contraption. Well, at $200,000 for a decent Quickterm with mouse, it would take 28,000 chips sold at $47.50 each with a 15% profit margin of $7.12 apiece to pay it off. So, I guess if we screw up on that many chips less, it pays for itself. Hal PS: On the other hand, if written off over the next million chips, at $200,000, this Quickterm adds $0.20 to the cost of each and every chip. How long can this spendthrift madness go on before we end up in the poorhouse like our competitors? HR