28 Feb
2005
28 Feb
'05
2:36 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:56:14 -0800
Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> wrote:
On Sunday 27 February 2005 16:37, William Donzelli
wrote:
I used the "excuse" that I was going to use it for a home based
business - but I really just wanted one to "play" with. It was
fortuitous that I was working at IBM when the "$ to standard-of-living
ratio" was good....
I purchased the it directly from CDC and paid $25,000 for the 160A and
it's associated Frieden Flexowriter (both in "used, rebuilt"
condition)...
That was a lot of bucks in 1968 dollars, but I was "desperate" for a
home computer...
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
I'm surprised you didn't get in trouble as an IBM employee for owning a
CDC machine, back in that day and age.
My first
"home" computer was a CDC-160A which I purchased (for
more $ than I'd care to admit) around 1968.
Was this purchase for a home based business, or strictly for fun?
And just how much was it?