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Originally Posted by villages07
Another early adopter here.... Radio Shack TRS-80 (trash 80, it was called) with black/white monitor, basic programming language, and cassette tape storage. This was probably about 1980.
Next one was an Osborne "portable" (only because it had a handle; it weighed 27 pounds). Paid $1,800 for it. Woo hoo 5.25 floppy drives for programs and storage. A 5MB hard drive cost well over $500 to add on.
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The cost of new computer equipment is amazing! I was in an electronics store last weekend, here in Germany, and looked at a 1TB portable drive (USB) that was about $150. I remember moving to Japan in '95 and upgrading my computer with a new 300MB HD for $500. I have a USB stick I plug into my car stereo and it's 8GB...paid $12.00 for it.