16K RAM was 300 bucks in 1977 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Oct 1998

What's important to note is how much $200, $300, or $2600 in 1977 would buy
us today.  Factoring in inflation, what would that be equivalent to today?

-Matt Pritchard
Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist
MS Age of Empires & Age of Empires ][

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  -----Original Message-----
 From:	Phil Clayton [SMTP:handyman@sprintmail.com]
 Sent:	Monday, October 12, 1998 10:41 AM
 To:	Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 Subject:	16K RAM was 300 bucks in 1977

 In 1980 I moved into a Commodore Pet with a single IEEE Floppy drive, this
 was like heaven, A
 nice clear green 9 inch  monochrome monitor, no more cassette tapes, 32K
 RAM, what more could a
 person want.. Well OK, add a Printer another $700.00, and a 300 baud modem
 $200.00.. And at
 about $2600.00 I had a dream machine..   Phil...