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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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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My father bought a family pc for 1500ish euros (or equal to that amount) vack in.. 1990 or something. With a 386 cpu.

It was great. Though im not sure if the inflation is equal, in my country