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Yes, stuff was ridiculously expensive back then. I was lucky that my dad bought an Apple ][ for home use but none of my friends could afford anything like that.

Yes, stuff was ridiculously expensive back then. I was lucky that my dad bought an Apple ][ for home use but none of my friends could afford anything like that. All our software was pirated or we wrote it ourselves. I have fond memories of my youth in the 8 bit era but this is the golden age of home computing, right now, and it keeps getting better.

musicale 2y ago
> my dad bought an Apple ][ for home use but none of my friends could afford anything like that Apple's pricing hasn't changed that much. ;-) > Introductory price: US$1,298 (equivalent to $6,530 in 2023) source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II