[Milsurplus] Old CPUs

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sat Jan 30 11:45:49 EST 2010


Back in '69, Data General core was going for $4000 for a 4 K Word plane.

-John

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>>My computer collection goes back to 1969...
>
> Interesting!
>
> What models do you have that are pre-1976?  Sounds like DEC PDP-8
> territory.
>
> I was an EE grad in 1974 and remember the old names in Byte Magazine
> (of which I have an almost complete collection from the start in
> September, 1975).
>
> Things were more exciting in those early days.  How about paying
> $450 in 1975 ($1800 in 2009) for a 16-kbyte RAM memory board KIT?
>
> Today, a PC to me is primarily just an appliance, like a toaster.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
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