Subj : Re: Forced registration i
To   : Geo.
From : Bill Lucy
Date : Fri Mar 30 2001 02:04 pm

From: Bill Lucy <blucy@mediaone.net>

In article <3ac5354b@w3.nls.net>, georger@nls.net says...
> 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 ][)

Base price in '81 was about $1500. Add the drive, which was $350 as I recall 
and
the printer, and you're pretty close to 3 grand. My average out the door sale 
for an Apple II was right about $3200.

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