Gilbert M. Hale wrote: > My first IBM PC had a whopping 256k RAM, TWO 5 1/4" double-sided floppy > drives, no HDD (that was IBM XT only, just came out, too costly for my > blood), a CGA color card and color monitor(!), and a Hayes internal 1200b > modem. Truly near-state-of-the-art. Had the XT not been so much more I > would have gone for it, and been at the real cutting edge. As it was, my > PC, with a wide carriage dot matrix printer, ran nearly $6,00 - in 1984 > dollars!
Hi Gil! The Inflation Calculator What cost $6000 in 1984 would cost $12278.83 in 2008. http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
