23 Jan
2023
23 Jan
'23
5:04 p.m.
On 1/23/23 15:43, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 1/23/2023 5:39 PM, Mike Begley via cctalk wrote:
It's what I call the TV set phenomenon. A mid-range TV cost about $200
in that days currency. Still seems to be true.
Actually, more than that. $50-100 for a box of 10 was close to the
retail price back in 1975. But that was in 1975 dollars, back when you
could rent a 1-bedroom apartment in San Jose for about $200/month.
5.25" floppies started out at about $5 each retail.
Curiously, the price of my first box of high-density Fuji 3.5" floppies
was about the same--$50--as was the price of my first box of 3M ED
floppies years later.
Now, I'm getting 64GB microSD cards for just under $5 each.
--Chuck
I must have missed your offer for 8"
floppies! Please let me know if
you still have any.
I was looking for some a while back, and mostly found them in the
$5.00/piece range, which is just ridiculous.
I don't know. Isn't that what they cost originally? :-)