Now divide that $12k by our combined state and federal income tax rate substracted from 100%, and you have what it really cost me back then, as it was a personal expense - not business along with the respective writeoff... Back then my combined tax rate was likely 30%, so $12,000 / .7 would be about $17k in today's dollars (assuming your $12k figure is accurate). But, that amount did include IBM DOS! Of course, the power cable for the PC was n additional item to purchase, it did not come with the PC. My first nickel-and-dime computer experience, May 1984.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Man with too much free time > > Gilbert M. Hale wrote: > > My first IBM PC had a whopping 256k RAM, TWO 5 1/4" double-sided > floppy > > drives, no HDD (that was IBM XT only, just came out, too costly for > my > > blood), a CGA color card and color monitor(!), and a Hayes internal > 1200b > > modem. Truly near-state-of-the-art. Had the XT not been so much > more I > > would have gone for it, and been at the real cutting edge. As it > was, my > > PC, with a wide carriage dot matrix printer, ran nearly $6,00 - in > 1984 > > dollars! > > Hi Gil! > > The Inflation Calculator > > What cost $6000 in 1984 would cost $12278.83 in 2008. > > http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
