Postby KeithS » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:10 am
...and so the boy saved his money and bought a beta video-tape system!
LOL!
Greg - I was in a similar place. I did a computer night school course in 1981 with my Dad. There were all these long-haired nerds coming along and it was a mis-mash of computers from Kaypros, Apricots, an Apple, Osbourne, and Mircobees - they were running a mish-mash of operating systems from Fortran, CPM, and Basic - to me, it was awesome. We looked at various computers to buy, including the Apple (which was hideously expensive back then - about $3,000), and ended up buying a Dick Smith System 80 which was fantastic (a TRS-80 clone) for around $1,000 - similar capability (the Apple had a floppy drive whereas the System 80 was tape, but the System 80 had better B&W graphics, software support, and text support). Remembering that wages were about $200 a week back then. Spending $3,000 was nearly five month's salary! Even the $1,000 was bad - Dad justified it to Mum saying it would benefit me - and it did in the long run.
The guy who spoke to you was probably right Greg - you couldn't afford one!
Keith
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