Learning Technology estimated cost listing

The cost estimate of starting up facilities similar to the one shown below:


1-6 months :

Equipments independent of computer platforms

nView series Z LCD panel                $ 6,000
Backnight stand for LCD panel           $   600
Laser pointer                           $   300
5000 lumens overhead projector          $   500
ThinkPad DockII docking station         $ 1,000
Kodak Digital Camera DC40               $   900
SONY Handycam CCD TR400                 $ 1,500
SONY Handycam battery, case             $   300
Tripod                                  $   300
Video Tapes                             $   100
Mediator VGA/Mac-NTSC scan converter    $ 1,200
SONY PVM-1351Q 13" TV                   $   800
Epson ES-1200C Pro Scanner              $ 1,300
OmniPage Professional 5.0               $   300
Epson Color Stylus + supplies           $   600
HP LaserJet 5MP                         $ 1,300
APS 4GB DAT tape drive                  $ 1,000
SONY MDP800 Laser disk player           $ 1,200
Fax/Data/Voice modem                    $   300
Video switchbox                         $   100
Cables                                  $   500
DAT tapes, floppy/MO disks              $ 1,000
References/Training Books               $ 1,000
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Sub-total                               $22,100


For Mac system

Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0                $       0
CameraMan screen capture utilities      $     200
Adobe Illustrator 5.5                   $     200
Mac 8100AV/32/2000CD                    $   5,000
32M RAM                                 $   1,100
2M VRAM upgrade                         $     400
Apple Extended Keyboard II              $     150
Apple PowerMac video connector          $      50
Apple 10 Base-T Ethernet Transceiver    $     100
NFS software                            $     200
Apple Multiple Scan 17 monitor          $   1,000
Apple Multiple Scan 15 monitor          $     500
Radius SpigotPro AV                     $   1,600
APS MS4.0AV hard drive                  $   1,700
SONY SRS-D2KPC speakers                 $     200
APS 1.3GB MO drive                      $   1,800
APC SmartUPS 1200                       $     700
Norton Utilities 3.1                    $     100
Symantec Anti-Virus                     $     100
MacToolsPro                             $     100
Director Multimedia Studio bundle       $   1,500
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Sub-total                               $  16,700


For PC system

Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0                $       0
Lotus ScreenCam 2.0 screen capture      $     100
Corel Draw 6.0                          $     400
133 MHz Micron Millennia Plus           $   5,000
32M RAM                                 $   1,100
4M VRAM upgrade                         $     350
3COM 3C509 Ethernet card                $     100
5.25"/3.5" dual disk drive upgrade      $     100
PCMCIA PC-Card drive                    $     200
NEC XE21 monitor                        $   2,000
Intel SmartVideo Recorder Pro           $     700
Seagate Barracuda 4G hard disk          $   1,700
Upgrade from SoundBlaster 16 to 32AWE   $     100
Yamaha YST-SS1010 speakers              $     200
SONY FPC30 microphone                   $      50
APS 1.3GB MO drive                      $   1,800
APC SmartUPS 1200                       $     700
Norton Utilities for Windows 95         $     100
Norton Anti-Virus  for Windows 95       $     100
PC Tools for Windows                    $     100
Director Multimedia Studio bundle       $   1,500
Asymmetric Multimedia Toolbook 3.0a     $     300
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Sub-total                               $  16,700


7-12 months :

NEC Multisyn XM37 presentation monitor  $   8,000
cordless mouse                          $     200
SoundBlaster VoiceAssist software       $     100
SONY CVD-1000 Hi-8 deck                 $   1,400
SONY CI-1000 Vbox interface             $     300
SONY SLV-R1000 S-VHS Hi-Fi deck         $   1,500
JVC ROM-Maker 4x CD-ROM Writer          $   4,000
Tetronix Phaser 240                     $   6,000
Radius VideoVision ProPak               $   8,700
Audio cassette deck                     $     400
MIDI Translator II                      $     100
MIDI sequencing software                $     300
DECK II multi-track audio editing       $     400
Radius Thunder IV GX-1152 video accel.  $   2,000
Sigma Designs Reel Magic MPEG decoder   $     500
Sigma Designs Reel Magic Producer       $   4,000
Adobe Acrobat Workgroup 2.0.1           $     400
ArtZ II tablet with Painter 3.0         $     600
JVC 2x CD-ROM Writer                    $   3,000
Adobe Streamline 3.1                    $     100
Adobe Dimension 2.0                     $     200
Adobe PageMaker 6.0                     $     300
Autodesk Animation Studio 1.0           $     300
Autodesk 3D Studio Release 5            $     300
VisualBASIC Professional                $     500
Clipart/Clipmedia                       $     500
Fonts                                   $     400
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Sub-total                               $  44,500
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Total                                   $ 100,000

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Ching-Wan Yip, Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7486, U.S.A.
yipcw@wfu.edu

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