Subj : Re: Forced registration i To : Geo. From : Alan Cairns Date : Fri Mar 30 2001 10:52 am From: "Alan Cairns" My partner in the Office was the first computer owner I ever knew. In 1977 he had a Sol, complete with teak sides. It booted from a cassette tape, and loaded programmes and saved data the same way. Later, in 1979, I think, he bought a disc drive. It held about 80K, and was hard sectored (wee holes in the middle). It cost him nearly $1000 for the drive. -- Alan alancairns@dccnet.com "Geo." wrote in message news:3ac5354b@w3.nls.net... > In 1981 there was a $700 computer that could run wordstar? How is that > possible, the floppy drives for my ][ cost me $300 each and the printer was > $600 (I don't remember what I paid for the ][) > > Geo. > > "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" wrote in message > news:3ac5259b@w3.nls.net... > > I ran it on a $699.00 Sanyo. > > > > gs > > > > "Geo." wrote in message news:3ac5225d$1@w3.nls.net... > > > "Tony Ingenoso" wrote in message > > > news:3ac45df7@w3.nls.net... > > > > WordStar was ~$500 (in 1981 dollars too!) and came on a single floppy > > > disk. > > > > > > And how much was the computer you used it on? > > > > > > Geo. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .