On 14May29:1904+0000, Ken Porowski wrote: > http://www.jcmit.com/memoryprice.htm > > 1960 $5,242,880/M IBM 1401 core memory > 1965 $2,642,412/M IBM 360/30 core memory > 1970 $734,003/M IBM 370/135 core memory
The handy inflation calculator at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve web site (https://www.minneapolisfed.org/index.cfm) enables conversion into today's dollars (purchasing power): 1960 $41,850,904.22/M IBM 1401 core memory 1965 $19,795,043.27/M IBM 360/30 core memory 1970 $ 4,463,736.06/M IBM 370/135 core memory That's assuming you believe their inflation figures. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
