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Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory states that: "in 1980, the price of a 16-kW (kilow

by noobs 13y ago

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory states that: "in 1980, the price of a 16-kW (kiloword, equivalent to 32kB) core memory board that fitted into a DEC Q-bus computer was around US $3,000." This one is a 4kW or 9kB from 1983, I'll let you do the math!

leddt 13y ago
If you consider inflation and, more importantly, rarity, I think it's not that overpriced.
mikeash 13y ago
A 1914 D wheat penny was worth, you guessed it, US $0.01 in 1914, but that doesn't mean the current going price of around $3,500 is overpriced.