Keep or assemble???

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed Sep 5 23:02:42 2001

> From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>

> I could be mistaken about this, but IIRC, a risky bet, but ... wasn't the
ZX80 a
> <$50 proposition back in the '80's and the '81 slightly less, on the
order of
> $29.95?

The ZX80 kits originally sold for 199 British Pounds in 1980 (about US$400
at that time). The ZX81 was advertised in Scientific American in 1981 for
$99 (the assembled version was $149). By '84 the ZX80s were pretty much
gone and the '81s were at the $29.95 level you mention.

Glen
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