7 Mar
2013
7 Mar
'13
9:37 a.m.
>1985 Mac ~$3000
>1985 Mac using scrounged stuff ~$3000 - NOT AN OPTION.
>1985 Mac bare ~$3000 (Macintosh was not amenable in the 1980s to cutting
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Mark Tapley wrote:
True in general, but my Fat Mac in about 1985 [1]
cost ~$1500
(new) including University of Texas' academic discount (I was a
student).
Sweet. I didn't have access to that deal. It would have been nice.
I decided that way because that price beat Ciarcia
Circuit
Cellar's price for a *kit* for an 8086 SBC,
"Micromint SB180??"? (PC compatible 9 slot)
I built one of those.
and the 68000 looked more powerful to me than the
8086.
Unarguably better, although PC had more software and hardware selection
Anyway, my point is that exceptions to Apple pricing
did
exist, and were (at least in my case, though not necessarily for the
right reasons) decisive.
would have worked for me.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com