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>what really blows my mind is how cheap Amiga ended up being Commodore was buying 68000 CPUs from Motorola at $2 a pop thanks to owning a fab and knowing how m
by rasz 1y ago
>what really blows my mind is how cheap Amiga ended up being
Commodore was buying 68000 CPUs from Motorola at $2 a pop thanks to owning a fab and knowing how much it cost to make such chip in house and using that knowledge in negotiations.
- danby 1y agoThat and the fact that the CPU was nearly a decade old by the time they were buying them in bulk
- rasz 1y agoIt wasnt that old when they started in 1985. Then they did it again selecting lowest cheapest EC020 model in 1992, sadly I couldnt find any info/leaks about the price of that contract, official 1992 price for cost reduced 4mips 68EC020-16 was $24.