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You are correct, but bear in mind how much those keyboards cost. This is why you don't see their equivalent today.
by ignite 3y ago
You are correct, but bear in mind how much those keyboards cost. This is why you don't see their equivalent today.
- bombcar 3y agoThe selectric ii at $900 in 1980 is about 3,300 today. Probably can get a pretty nice keyboard for that.
- TradingPlaces 3y agoThe more accurate way of looking at it is using the "Office and accounting equipment” deflator, which puts it at $1291 in 2022 dollars, about the price of a decent laptop, which makes sense to me. https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?isuri=1&reqid=19&step=4&categories=flatfiles&nipa_table_list=1#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDMsM10sImRhdGEiOltbImNhdGVnb3JpZXMiLCJVbmRlcmx5aW5nIl0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIyMDMyIl0sWyJGaXJzdF9ZZWFyIiwiMTk4MCJdLFsiTGFzdF9ZZWFyIiwiMjAyMyJdLFsiU2NhbGUiLCIwIl0sWyJTZXJpZXMiLCJBIl1dfQ== https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?isuri=1&reqid=19&step=4&categor...