The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 23:05:48 1999

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> No, what's relevant isn't the technology and its state of maturity, but the
> comparison of the relative value of the numbers. Today, it's just assumed
> that if you buy an item for $300 and it subsequently breaks, you shrug your
> shoulders and throw it away. Back in the '50's, not many people were silly
> enough to do that.

So what? $300, even back in the 50s, was still realistically within the
price range of the average American. A multi-million dollar mainframe was
not. $300 vs $$$millions is a significant difference.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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