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Today? Only for the hack value. In 1978 when Dann McCreary did it? Computers were expensive back then. A crappy TRS-80 Model I with 4K memory would set you
by colomon 12y ago
Today? Only for the hack value.
In 1978 when Dann McCreary did it? Computers were expensive back then. A crappy TRS-80 Model I with 4K memory would set you back more than $2000 in 2015 dollars. I don't remember knowing anyone who had two computers before 1985 or so...
- jacquesm 12y agoBy 1985 I was 20, I had: a Dragon 32, a BBC Micro, a KIM, a trs-80 pocket and a sinclair zx 81 as well as an Atari ST. And I know plenty of other kids my age back then that had two or more machines. That was all that we spent our (hard earned) money on. I'm pretty sure that there were lots of adults too that had more than one computer. Whatever didn't go to the rent and very basic food went straight into buying hardware, software and computer books.
- teh_klev 12y agoYes, me too, by early 1986 I had a BBC Micro (expanded with a Torch Z80 co-processor and floppies) a 286 based PC clone and a ZX-81. I even had an Eclipse S/130 with a pair of 10+10MB top loaders in my parents dining room, until they saw the electricity bill and made me return it to the repair shop I borrowed it from. I was ~19 at the time.