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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 12:28:09 -0700
To: MSmith6791@aol.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: $45,000 for a 1MB RAM

Prime 400 minicomputer, December 1979.

The manufacturer, admittedly, had a
monopoly on memory upgrades.

It required 4 x 256K boards @ 17" square
(standard electronics rack).

The industry continues to surge with 
astounding progress, yes?


/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://www.supremelaw.com



At 02:38 PM 7/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 7/30/97 4:26:47 PM, you wrote:
>
><<    start to drop.  We paid $45,000 for 1MB in December
>    of 1979, by comparison (dating myself here:)>>
>
>I can't believe what I am reading.  Did you say you paid $45,000
>(that's forty five THOUSAND dollars) for just ONE MEGABYTE of RAM?
>
>For what machien was that?
>
>Michael Smith
>MSMITH6791@AOL.COM
>
>

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