13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
7:15 a.m.
Chuck Guzis declared on Saturday 12 November 2005 21:03:
On 11/12/2005 at 8:34 PM Scott Stevens wrote:
Adjusting for inflation, that's about $7000 from the chart I looked at.
An IBM 9110-510B (RS/6000 p5-510) w/2 POWER5s 2GB RAM, 2x73GB SCSI disk
comes in at $7150, which I'd call "Close enough".
That machine is probably a bit better engineered for the time than your
5160, though somewhat less hackable (of course, most modern machines are
less hackable than their older counterparts).
Pat
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> Nope nobody kept them. ;)
Not true. I keep one of everything. An XT, an AT, a 386, a 386SX,
a 486, and several flavors of Pentium I. So if I need to run
Topview, I've got a system that will do it. Of course, I could also
just emulate an XT on a more modern system.
The rule of thumb for the computer industry has been "better faster
cheaper". I paid almost $3000 for a bare-bones 5150 with 64K, one
disk drive (single-sided) and a monochrome display adapter. What
will that $3000 buy now (adjusted for inflation)?