From: Bob Wood <altair8800(a)hotmail.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers

Subject: Altair prices! Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 8:19 AM No, I'm not talking about Ebay prices. Instead I thought you might be interested in seeing an original Altair Price list from July,1976. Here's the link to a jpeg of it... http://home.att.net/~rwood54741/25.jpg We have heard that the 680 was a failure because the 16k memory card for it cost more than the computer. Take a look at this list and you will see it in black and white. The 680 computer kit cost $466 ($625 assembled). The 16K memory card cost a staggering $685 as a kit and $865 assembled. That is a whopping $43 per 1k of memory.

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