[roadcat]

Next thing you know, you'll be quoting Reagan by saying you knew him and still speak to him. So don't pull quotes out of your ass that show your statements are all over the place.

I stand by my quote about computers being expensive back then. Your recollection is flawed. I have receipts from the 1970s (I'm a packrat). My Apple II with 4K was $1200. 16K RAM banks (set of 8) did indeed go for $500 in late 1977. As you know, memory prices dropped and capacity increased every 18 months or so mirroring Moore's Law. By early 1979, 16K RAM banks had dropped to $250. I bought a set and have a receipt. By the way, the cost of producing chips was so expensive that many had gold in them. My Apple II chips have gold plated caps. So you don't know sh*t.

[DiogenesLamp]

Dude. I posted the link where you could go look up the price yourself. Again, the July 1978 issue lists 4116 D ram at $27.50 each, from Quest Electronics.

$27.50 X 8 chips = $220.00. If you paid more, you got ripped off.