[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.

[roadcat]

And you don’t know how to read before you foment. I mentioned Moore’s Law. And 1977. And prices dropping by half within 18 months. And better gold-capped chips of higher quality. No ripping off when buying quality, instead of junk. You’re pulling crap from your ass again.

[Swordmaker]

Roadcat is right, and you are wrong, as usual Diogenes. Here's a database of the historical prices of RAM from 1957 to 2015, where you can see exactly the US pricing of RAM in any particular year.