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Subject: Fw: One thing to be thankful for [OT]

From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
Date: 2000-11-25

> Found a dead mint IBM PCjr price list from 1983. Remember to adjust for
> inflation :)
>
> System unit with 128K RAM and 320K disk $1269
> 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!)
>
> And my personal favorite accessory:
>
> Hayes 1200 baud External Modem $799 (yes, $799!!)
>
> Paul S.
> charges too much for MOTM modules.....yeah, right!!!
>
>