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To: Swordmaker

Somewhere in the mid 90s, I think my x86 286 with a math co-processor and extended memory of 1 megabyte cost me $2k.


5 posted on 09/22/2017 12:17:19 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric
Somewhere in the mid 90s, I think my x86 286 with a math co-processor and extended memory of 1 megabyte cost me $2k.

In 1986, an IBM Clone AT 640K RAM, with a 10MB HD, 12" green screen Monitor, 2 floppies, set us back $$4250.00 An equivalent IBM set up was about $5995.00, but only had a 5MB HD.

7 posted on 09/22/2017 12:33:32 AM PDT by Swordmaker (!This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... bet if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Gene Eric

I bought an original bottom-end IBM PC when first introduced.
$6000 in today’s dollars.


26 posted on 09/22/2017 3:52:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Gene Eric

Yeah I remember paying over $500 for my first 8 megabyte ram upgrade for my first 386


54 posted on 09/22/2017 9:48:57 AM PDT by AzNASCARfan
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To: Gene Eric

The Pentium pro came out in ‘95. Just sayin.


72 posted on 09/22/2017 3:35:50 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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