14 Nov
2000
14 Nov
'00
3:46 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:05:40AM -0500, R. D. Davis wrote:
Me neither... but now, since you've admitted to
that, I'll admit that
I once drooled over an IBM PC-AT (stopped drooling when I added one to
my collection a couple of years ago). Back around 1985, still in
college, I used (wasted?) some savings to purchase a genuine IBM
PC-XT, with a 10 MB (ST-513, IIRC) hard drive, monochrome (not even
Hercules) display and 256K of RAM and no math co-processer (I added
one later so that I could install FORTRAN software)... US$2,895, from
Hmmm. My first XT clone in early 1988 (or was it late 87?) was only
$600-something. But 3 years makes a huge difference, and I had no hard
drive (but 10 MHz CPU, whoo-hoo!) Back then you could easily spend
$5000 for a professional-grade system right? And now that's hard to
do unless you really load up on peripherals too.
What was the entry price for an AT in 1985? I wasn't sure they
existed yet at that point.
I agree there's no point in getting the very best, because it
depreciates faster.
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