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Cost of a 128KB computer with floppies in 1985 (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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How much would you pay for a PC with 128KB RAM, and no hard disk?

In today's money (inflation adjusted)

This an ad from Personal Computer World (UK) from 1985

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[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

So true! My parents got me the C64 when I had no idea about computers. I loved the Spectrum+ my buddy had at the time but always wanted the C128 another friend of mine got. My parents eventually upgraded my computer to an Amstrad CPC6128 when they saw that I was actually programming in BASIC. I learned a lot from that computer too, e.g. Fortran, Pascal, a bit of Z80 assemly (the last one was horrible!)