Re: Proposed new rules for CSA2

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <240320032139496567%gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>,
Greg Weston  <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com> wrote:
>In article <COKcnc3A8s_QGuOjXTWcpg@comcast.com>, Bill Garber
><willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Pardon my PCitis, but in 1984 I was J. Random Consumer and I did
>> in fact build a PC-XT with 10 mb hard drive, 360k floppy, CGA and
>> monitor (color) for $550. Oh yeah, and Jameco was where I got most
>> of the parts. Now, back to Apple II.
>
>You're pardoned. Apparently where you were, Apple II prices stayed high
>longer than they did here so we're working with different contexts. I
>didn't pay close to $1500 for a //e in 1984.

Are you talking about just the computer, or a complete system?  In 1985, my
parents forked over ~$2100 for a IIe system with 128K, a DuoDisk, a
green-screen Monitor II, and an Imagewriter connected through a Super Serial
Card.  The printer & serial card accounted for ~$600 of that, which puts the
rest of the system at ~$1500.

(It was purchased at the BX at RAF Lakenheath...whether AAFES' pricing at
the time was significantly higher or lower than typical stateside pricing, I
couldn't say.)

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