One thing to be thankful for [OT]

[KA4HJH]

>Found a dead mint IBM PCjr price list from 1983. Remember to adjust for
>inflation :)
>
>System unit with 128K RAM and 320K disk $1269

One year later the first Macintosh was only $2400

>IBM Color Display (320 x 200) $680
>Epson FX100 9-pin Dot Matrix printer $950 (ohhh...it had *graphics
>printing!!*)
>Printer cable $55 (this REALLY used to piss people off. But when I was at
>Data General, we charged $375!)
>NEC Spinwriter 3550 printer $2,295 (a whopping 70 characters a second. I'm
>gonna faint!)

I assume this includes the infamous "chiclet" keyboard?


>And my personal favorite accessory:
>
>Hayes 1200 baud External Modem $799 (yes, $799!!)

Well, it IS a sure-'nough Hayes...


>Paul S.
>charges too much for MOTM modules.....yeah, right!!!

Just think, if analog synths were like computers...


-- 
Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"