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How much would you pay for a PC with 128KB RAM, and no hard disk?

In today's money (inflation adjusted)

This an ad from Personal Computer World (UK) from 1985

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[–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That mouse was so uncomfortable. It was built like a box, probably designed for a robot hand.

[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Yep - but it was the only one available in my area of Norway at the time (I got mine for under 500 NOK because the supplier did wrong. As I was just a kid he let it slide and I got to keep it. There was some painting software supplied as well. That guy went on to be one of Norways biggest producers of pc’s - REC computers