RS> Crap, there is fuck all in it parts cost wise even with the externals.

BG> Are you completely mad?  I happen to have my external sitting in front
BG> of me, lid off, as I type, and it not only measures at least 3x the size
BG> of the internal, the entire board is tightly populated with a hell of a
BG> lot more componentry than the internals. There is no free space at all.

RS> So now you are attempting to run the line that say the Courier internal
RS> and external are radically different electronically, even tho they use
RS> the SAME SDL?  When the only real difference in functionality is the LEDs?

BG> Yep.  The internal might work much the same, but electrically,
BG> there are many differences, and these can clearly be seen when
BG> an internal and an external's board are placed side by side.

Pull the other one Bill. They still have essentially the same
DSP and control CPU and their associated stuff dont they ?

They cant be that different if the same SDL loads in both.

BG> Quite apart from the LEDs, the Voice/Data switch, and the external
BG> audio pot, there are several other major electrical differences,

Bullshit there are. And CERTAINLY nothing
like requiring 3X the electronic complexity.

BG> although like you, I can't really see why.

The answer is dead bloody obvious Bill, you are have a MASSIVE
brain fart and there ISNT a 3X electronic complexity difference.

BG> However, reasoning aside, the fact remains
BG> that there ARE differences, and major ones too.

Pigs arse there are.

RS> Are you seriously trying to claim that USR has to triple the logic
RS> on a quite fancy electronic design, the internal, just to support
RS> LEDs and a power switch ?  I think they should take the person
RS> responsible for that design out the back and shoot him, quick.

BG> There's more to it than that.

Like a volume control ?  Yeah, right. Where's my gun ?

BG> Sure, I agree that the externals could just as easily be internals
BG> mounted in a plastic case (with a few minor differences of course),
BG> and be much the same size, but they're not.  And I have no idea why.

I know why, you are having a massive brain fart. Again.

BG> All I know is that they MUST cost a hell of a
BG> lot more to manufacture than the internal does

Poor old Bill. Have you thought of joining Zealots-R-Us ?

BG> (which still doesn't explain why they cost much the same).

Oops, there he goes doing another massive foot shot, blowing OTHER
foot right off now, landing on the ground with a colossal thud.
@EOT:

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