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I had the same reaction to the pricing in the article. I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas 1982. I think it was a few hundred dollars at most. I got it becaus
by 300bps 9y ago
I had the same reaction to the pricing in the article. I got a Commodore 64 for Christmas 1982. I think it was a few hundred dollars at most.
I got it because I begged my parents to buy it for me. My two older sisters had zero interest. None whatsoever. I spent 12 hours a day on it especially after I got my first 300 bps modem in 1985.
- abecedarius 9y agoIt cost about $1500 in today's money. Not-rich families would buy one for their kids, but it was a nontrivial expense to them. My first computer was a TI-99/4A at about half that, and I was grateful.
- Avernar 9y agoI got mine for Christmas and it was $300 just for the computer. The floppy drive was another $300. Got the monitor which was another $300 about six months later. Add in the dot matrix printer and 1200 baud modem and it was over $1000 for the complete system.