> From: Bob Wood <altair8800_at_hotmail.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Altair prices!
> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 8:19 AM
>
> No, I'm not talking about Ebay prices.
>
> Instead I thought you might be interested
> in seeing an original Altair Price list
> from July,1976. Here's the link to a jpeg of it...
> http://home.att.net/~rwood54741/25.jpg
>
> We have heard that the 680 was a failure
> because the 16k memory card for it cost more than
> the computer. Take a look at this list and you
> will see it in black and white. The 680 computer kit
> cost $466 ($625 assembled). The 16K memory card cost
> a staggering $685 as a kit and $865 assembled. That
> is a whopping $43 per 1k of memory.
>
Yipes! And I thought paying $43 for a 4 meg SIMM a few years ago was
expensive!
> Bob Wood
>
>
>
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Received on Mon Aug 11 1997 - 10:18:49 BST
