12 Jan
2017
12 Jan
'17
6:37 p.m.
Hmmm. Well, in 1985 I spent something like $6500 or $7000 on a complete Mac 512k system.
Ok, the box itself was only $2795 or something like that but it was all of the other stuff
like the software, printer, disk drive, modem, numeric keyboard that added up. I still
have the receipt somewhere in my office.
Rich Cini
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On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Jon Elson <elson at
pico-systems.com> wrote:
Well, in 1986, I paid something like $6700 for a KA630-AA (UVax-II CPU board).
I got an Andromeda disk controller (MFM hard disk + floppy) and ran pirated VMS off a 40
MB drive. Slowly upgraded it all to a VaxStation II, then VaxStation II GPX (color
graphics), added a bunch of tape drives.
I kept it running until 2007, when the hard drive croaked. By that time I had a cast-off
SCSI 4 GB drive.
Jon