"Single instance" machines

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Fri Dec 11 09:36:29 1998

>
> ::No, at intro the C-64 listed for US $599. I don't recall the price of the
> ::1541, but I'm pretty sure it was at least $250.
>
> Yep -- for a time the disk drive cost more than the computer. (!)

That was common in the PET days. I paid $999 for a 32K 9" screen PET in
1978. The disk drive (2040) was over $1200. I got a C-64 and 1541
before I ever got a PET drive. OTOH, I waited so long, a 4040 drive
was $5 at the University surplus.

-ethan
Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 09:36:29 GMT