Really Disappointed After Spending Over $490

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Re:Really Disappointed After Spending Over $490
2020-06-14 14:38:08 - last edited 2020-06-14 14:41:13

@britsoft 

 

I'm 4 years older... 50Z, had that too. As well as a 70. Even had a PC Jr in the house. A TRS-80 and IBM AT too (I worked for IBM and some h/w was for IBM use). I even used 70 Baud modems as well as 150 and 300 Hayes external, then switched to internal PC ones. CompuServe (was a SYSOP there), and even Prodigy usage as well!

 

I even bought under the IBM Employes plan the ORIGINAL IBM PC, 2 floppies, color monitor, Dot Matrix Printer, I think 'my' price was around $3,000 USD! Later got the XT as wel with the hard drive.

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Re:Really Disappointed After Spending Over $490
2020-06-15 12:05:56
I am in the same age group. Be 75 soon. I did have a TRS-80 (trash 80) also. My old 50Z was well over 2K and that was when the cost of a new car was about three to four times that. At school we had IBM computers (1401, 1610 and later a 360). Even had a class wiring the old accounting machines (802?) and such. My first job was with a Burroughs B273 computer at a bank. Spent many an hour punching out programs on an old 026 keypunch. Later worked with mostly IBM hardware but never directly for IBM.
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