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Considering the prices adjusted for inflation, and how little computers could do out of the box beyond the business applications they were designed for in that
by lr4444lr 3y ago
Considering the prices adjusted for inflation, and how little computers could do out of the box beyond the business applications they were designed for in that era, it was really quite an expensive hobby to be a hacker!
- _yb2s 3y agoI can't even wrap my head around some of these prices... One of those pages for "February 1986" has an ad for "diskettes" box of 10 priced between $1195 and $2995. Are these what I think they are, regular floppy disks for almost $300 each? Edit: that must have been a typo, I see prices in the same issue of about $1/disk.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoI saw that, too. They are missing a decimal point. 11.95 and 29.95.
- lucas_membrane 3y agoIIRC $300 each was 1 GB zip disks in the middle 1990's.
- henrikschroder 3y agoI got an Atari STE in 1988, it used double-sided regular density 3.5" disks, with a capability of 720kB each, and back then it was a bargain to find no-name ones for ~$1, while the quality name-brand ones (Verbatim! Maxell!) cost about the double.
- BooneJS 3y agoI think I’ve been paying close to the same price for computers for 25 years. Moose’s Law and relentless miniaturization and cost optimization are the only reason why.