Re: WordCheck app, circa 1980

From: William Levak <wlevak_at_SDF.ORG>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 21:39:26 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1901092138360.23216@sdf.lonestar.org>
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Bill Degnan wrote:

>>
>>> My memory may be a little off, but this is what I remember:
>>>
>>> CBM 8032   $800
>>> CBM 8050   $1000
>>> TEC F10 daisy wheel printer $1000
>>> Toshiba 1350 24 pin letter quality dot matrix $1400, later reduced to
>> $1000
>> ----
>>
>> What a deal! I paid $2500 *each* for a new 8032 computer and 8050 dual SS
>> floppy drive; printers were more or less in the same ball park, so $6000 to
>> $7000 for a complete CBM system.
>>
>> Definitely aimed at the business market...
>>
>> m
>>
>
> Yes,  when they were new in 1980ish that's more like it, $2500 ea.
> Bill
>
>>
>



I should add that these were quantity prices, put out at lowest bid.


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Received on 2019-01-09 23:01:13

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