From:	"Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject:	None
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 10:50:03 -0300

Danyel N Woods escreveu:
>
> Quoth Ereskanti (1528 1-5-98):
>
> In a message dated 4/30/98 8:36:04 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> bodiam@**********.COM writes:
>
> > > Josh in his not-so-infinite wisdom states thusly:
> > > ALPHA (-20%) (this is at standard cost and
> Availiabilty)
> > > What is you opinion?
> >
> > Not bad, though I'd alter the availability on Alpha-ware by
> at least +1,
> and
> > mauyb ejack the price up a tad (x2.5?).
>
> Actually, IIRC, in one of the books, Alpha-Grade is now equal to
> Standard in
> Physical Cost by the year 2057/8 or so.

> Physical cost? You take it mean the cost of installation and surgery?
> What about the surgery recovery-time costs; are they still at 'Alpha'
> levels, or have they dropped to 'normal', as well? (If so, why would
> anyone bother with normal-grade?)
>
>

The actual cost of the item is still 3x that of a normal equivalent,
wich
makes you chose between saving up either money or essence.

Ubiratan