11 Dec
1998
11 Dec
'98
1:36 a.m.
::No, at intro the C-64 listed for US $599. I don't recall the price of the
::1541, but I'm pretty sure it was at least $250.
Yep -- for a time the disk drive cost more than the computer. (!)
That was common in the PET days. I paid $999 for a 32K 9" screen PET in
1978. The disk drive (2040) was over $1200. I got a C-64 and 1541
before I ever got a PET drive. OTOH, I waited so long, a 4040 drive
was $5 at the University surplus.
-ethan