2. Component hardware £1500 Bill

£1500 seems a lot, especially with Pentiums advertised at half that price. However the total bill will include phone line rental (for a year) and other things. Here is an example totals sheet, add it up, add 17.5% taxes, adjust it to you. (Don't forget postage or bus fare).
2.1 Example Bill

2.1
Example Bill

 Core Machine:
  SVGA 15" Monitor 		£ 260
  SVGA 2MB PCI CARD 		£  85
  System Board + CPU		£ 200 (varies)
  16 Mb memory 			£  60
  Disk drive        		£ 175
  Mini-Tower case: 		£  30
  EIDE disk controller + IO	£  30
  CDROM: 			£  50
  Modem: V34 internal	 	£ 100

Bits:
  CPU FAN			£  10
  T-H-R-E-E Button Mouse 	£  10
  3.5" Floppy Disk Drive 	£  20
  keyboard			£  15
  Extension Cables		£  25
  HDD mounting rails		£   5
  CDROM set			£  25
  DOS (if you need it)

Charge for year:
  3.5" floppies			£  10
  Another CDROM set		£  25
  Books, mags etc (x4)		£ 100 (varies)
  ISP account   		£ 120 (static IP)
  Phone line rental		£ 100 (before calls)
  Phone charges 		£  50 (varies)
  Printer Paper, toner 		£ 100 (varies)

Still not included:
  Ethernet Card 		£  30 (need >1)
  Ethernet cables + terminators £  15
  PLIP cables, null modem, 	£  20
  Sound Card 			£  35
  SCSI Card 			£ 100
  ZIP or EZ or ???		£ 100
  Jazz				£ 400
  CD-writers 			£ 300
  Printer-laser			£ 300
  Printer-colour		£ 200
  Tape-drive 
  Tapes or ZIPS			£  50
  Ethernet hubs or ..
  Printer cable / switch ...
  4-way mains cable		£  15
  Second disk 			£ 150
  Motif - optional (lesstif is free)
  DEC ALPHA M/B + CPU + ???	£ 900

See Issue-1-Hardware for more details.