8 Nov
2006
8 Nov
'06
6:13 p.m.
On 11/9/06, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <20061108022926.45215.qmail at web61017.mail.yahoo.com>,
Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> writes:
$600 for an RL8A in the mid '80s, $400 for a KT24 (to run 2BSD), over
$1000 for a PDP-8/S, $800 for a SPARC1 in the early 90s...
Guilty, guilty, guilty.
At least the SPARC was an investment in my future (my SPARC experience
was directly responsible for getting me my first trip to the South
Pole in 1996). The others were just toys.
-ethan
--- Richard <legalize at xmission.com>
wrote:
Um, let's see... $350 for a Beehive terminal.
$1200 for a lot of Tektronix terminals :-)
$500 for a PDP-11/03 w/peripherals
I think those are the only ones where I broke the $200 barrier. Guilty as charged, Sir! And by definition, that
takes me out of the
category of the lowly user :-).
A full confession is in order.