The tooling costs to tool the plastic for the connector and then the
tooling to
form the pins will cost about US$10K. I have thought about doing this in a
factory
in China, but I don't have any assurances that I can even begin to recoup the
cash outlay.
After the tooling is completed, It would actually cost less than $25 to get
these into the country,
assuming that the shipment is around 5000 units.
If somebody is willing to collect and escrow the money and coordinate the many
potential customers of such a device, I would be willing to do the project
to make
these. I think a minimum of 2500 units need to be made to make this a
reality.
Keith Lee
>Now to my point.I have heard different things from different people... Some
>say the guy who made the Kisados, can no longer make them because he can no
>longer get the "Hu card slots..." or something along those lines. I have
>seen just about every converter that has surfaced. I just don't understand
>why someone can't make some new ones, and fairly cheaply. After all... any
>part can be made right? Even though Hu Cards, and their slots are not
>standard by any means, can't something else be "adapted" for our needs? I
>can't help thinking, that if enough people put their heads together a new
>converter could be made, and be sold for around the $40 price again.