20 Dec
2009
20 Dec
'09
1:25 a.m.
Tim Shoppa wrote:
When I got started in computing, a RK05 pack was circa
$200 and
a 8" floppy was circa $5. A researcher or student might have
had a personal RK05 or two and a box of floppies.
A wealthy student, maybe. $200 back then is equivalent to around $1000
in today's dollars. Not many students I knew back then would have been
able to afford that.