Bruce Wilson wrote in a message to Joe Frankiewicz:

 JF> I know.  I told 'em and told 'em and told 'em....  but those 
 JF> things _are_ expen$ive.

 BW> How much more does it cost to build a unit with a VR volume control
 BW> than to build one with software volume control?  Given the quantity
 BW> of parts a manufacturer would be buying and that purchases would be
 BW> direct from the factory, as opposed to my single-unit quantities at
 BW> Radio Shack or a parts house, the parts cost shouldn't be more than
 BW> about a buck each.  :-)

Let's see - $1.00 x 250,000 I-Modems = $250,000.00 (!)

Doesn't sound cheap to me (and probably not to USR's bean counters either).  :-)

                                   - Bob
Internet  : bob{at}juge.com

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