[danby]

That and the fact that the CPU was nearly a decade old by the time they were buying them in bulk

[rasz]

It wasnt that old when they started in 1985. Then they did it again selecting lowest cheapest EC020 model in 1992, sadly I couldnt find any info/leaks about the price of that contract, official 1992 price for cost reduced 4mips 68EC020-16 was $24.