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Imagine driving to a computer store in the late 70s or 80s, and buying a floppy disk in a stapled plastic sandwich baggie with some Xeroxed documentation staple
by lonelygirl15a 4y ago
Imagine driving to a computer store in the late 70s or 80s, and buying a floppy disk in a stapled plastic sandwich baggie with some Xeroxed documentation stapled to it for $20. In 1980 dollars.
I was pretty happy to buy this app this morning for $8 2022 dollars - the current price of an ice cream cone.
- Ancapistani 4y agoI got in on the tail end of that in the 90s. I vividly remember buying "old" computers at church bazaars and rummage sales, then begging my parents for money to buy dusty old games on 5.25" floppy at my local Radio Shack.
- Overtonwindow 4y agoI buy hard drives at thrift stores and run recovery on them for S&G’s. Amazing archeological finds….
- calvinmorrison 4y agoI was at the thrift store last night and found someones cache of complete old sim games for PC. Sim Coaster, Sim city, etc. all for $1.99. I realized - I don't have a CD drive anymore.
- UberFly 4y agoExternal USB ones work well enough in a pinch.
- Overtonwindow 4y agoOh! You mean Ham Radio Outlet ?! :-)
- certifiedloud 4y agoYou're paying way too much for ice cream. Who's your ice cream guy?
- striking 4y agoIt's $6 for a single scoop plus $2 for a waffle cone at Salt & Straw, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
- earleybird 4y agoHey that's me you're talking about . . . and then I found out people would pay me to write programs. :-)