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Time Warp Computer Pricing Revealed

Posted by simoniker on from the rocky-and-horror dept.

Agg writes "OCAU has posted an article which shows just how much computer pricing has changed over the last 20 years or so. During a 24-hour period I asked OCAU readers to scan and send me an ad page from the oldest Australian computer magazine they could find. This snapshot of historical pricing is fascinating and, quite frankly, a little scary. How does $5999 for an 8.6MB hard drive strike you? For reference, 1 Australian Dollar is worth 70 to 80 US cents."

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  1. In 1978 my father paid... by maynard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... $350.00 for a set of 8 4116 300ns (16K) RAM chips. And it was a fair price! --M