16K RAM was 300 bucks in 1977

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 23:45:28 1998

Phil Clayton wrote:

> Yes, I think you are correct, I recall I never had the problem untill I spent the $299.00 to
> upgrade it to Level 2 Basic, Oh Yes then another $299.00 for an additional 16K RAM. In fact my
> recently acquired RS Model One with Level 2 basic has the problem big time. As I recall some
> tuner cleaner or alcohol rubbed on the contacts underneath the key tops will resolve the problem
> for awhile.. I remember I had around $1,300 in this machine and still didn't have a floppy
> drive.. I never did purchase the expansion accessories for the unit.

Keybounce was a periodic problem with my first system under Level II.
It came back every time I turned the machine over and dumped out the
month or two worth of cigarette ashes that had accumulated, lasted
maybe a week until I'd dropped enough more inside.
>
> In 1980 I moved into a Commodore Pet with a single IEEE Floppy drive, this was like heaven, A
> nice clear green 9 inch monochrome monitor, no more cassette tapes, 32K RAM, what more could a
> person want.. Well OK, add a Printer another $700.00, and a 300 baud modem $200.00.. And at
> about $2600.00 I had a dream machine.. Phil...

Checked out a Pet with the original tiny rectangle keyboard before I
went with the TRS-80. Yuck. Turned me off the Pet (and anything else
with a 6502) to this very day (and the Atari 400 keyboard didn't help
much either).
-- 
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me.  I said "Well, what do you need?"  --  Steven Wright
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