Bell & Howell Apple II update

- - - -point however. DEC, for example, stayed with "old" technology, charging WAY more than "new" technology prices for it for years. They typically lagged two generations behind in technology, yet exceeded costs of "leading edge" systems by a couple of orders of magnitude. Just compare the cost and features of the PC/AT clones sold in, say, '87-88 with a similarly equipped microVAX-II. The PC/AT would typically cost about $800 bucks, while a similarly equipped uVaxII cost nearly $100K, partly for the stuff the PC/AT had, and partly for what you had to add in order to have the stuff the PC/AT had. Inside a year, the power cost alone exceeded the PC/AT, yet folks LOVED the microVax and hated the PC/AT clone, that ran half-again as fast. If that DEC gear hadn't been so - - - - - - - -counterpoint I have two machines sold in 1987, and the original bills of sale for both. One I bought used for 35 bucks 5 years ago, the other, new. 1987: PS/2m60 10Mhz $2,200 and microVaxII ??20Mhz?? $39,000 Looks bad, doesn't it? Except the PS2 had 1M/mem and 44M/disk and the VAX had 16M/mem, 310M/disk. So the price differential was 18x, not 120x, and there was enough difference in capacity to see why. So, personally I have few problems with DEC. - - - - John A.