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Commodore VIC-20 sold for $300, Timex Sinclair $100. I didn't adjust for inflation, as computers also largely haven't, and I wrote "reminds me". Not "is the s
by mpweiher 6y ago
Commodore VIC-20 sold for $300, Timex Sinclair $100. I didn't adjust for inflation, as computers also largely haven't, and I wrote "reminds me". Not "is the same" or even "is comparable".
The Apple ][ doesn't even have the "computer in keyboard" form-factor.
And yes, the Raspi is unimaginably more capable. In fact, I still want to do a "how it started" vs. "how it's going" putting the Raspi next to my >$10K NeXT cube. The Cube with the 256MB, slow, huge, washing-mashine-noisy optical drive that can "hold your universe" (no it couldn't), vs. the Raspi's equally removable but silent and infinitely more portable microSD with 16GB (or more after-market).
And both computers come/came with a copy of Mathematica. And I also still have the box for my copy of ParcPlace (!) Smalltalk for the NeXT. Maybe I should make a tiny box for ObjS just to have the side-by-side?