I agree with Terry. It's not just the initial cost, but the shipping, blood, sweat, tears, and pushing my mind, spine, etc to the limits.
I don't usually put over a few thousand into one toy, but have gone way past that for packages. On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Rich Cini <rich.c...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hmmm. Well, in 1985 I spent something like $6500 or $7000 on a complete > Mac 512k system. Ok, the box itself was only $2795 or something like that > but it was all of the other stuff like the software, printer, disk drive, > modem, numeric keyboard that added up. I still have the receipt somewhere > in my office. > > Rich Cini > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > > > Well, in 1986, I paid something like $6700 for a KA630-AA (UVax-II CPU > board). > > I got an Andromeda disk controller (MFM hard disk + floppy) and ran > pirated VMS off a 40 MB drive. Slowly upgraded it all to a VaxStation II, > then VaxStation II GPX (color graphics), added a bunch of tape drives. > > > > I kept it running until 2007, when the hard drive croaked. By that time > I had a cast-off SCSI 4 GB drive. > > > > Jon > >
