February 04, 1994 (vol. 104, iss. 73) • Page Image 4
…, MSA and the Daily? ALAN BEAN SNRE junior Computer spending overestimated To the Daly: I would like to respond to the article by Ronnie Glassberg (2/2/94) about the MSA spending $10,000 on computer…
… equipment. The article says, " The assembly will use these funds to purchase two Macintosh 475 4/80 bundles, one Macintosh Quadra 610 8/230, one Apple Color Plus monitor, an Apple extended keyboard, six…
… ethernet lines and an ethernet router." I think that it's fantastic that MSA is trying to keep up with the technological revolution, but as someone who keeps close tabs on the computer industry, I had a…
… little problem with the cost. So, I decided to get a price list from the Computer Showcase, which is where they got the equipment (with the exception of the ethernet stuff) because I saw them carting it…
… the extended keyboard is $156. Then I looked up the ethernet equipment in a few different computer magazines and found the equipment to cost around $2,100. The grand total is $7,010, well below the $10…