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RM>> Prices were probably changing quickly back then.. Plus, thinking on
  >> that more, it may have been a C-128 I was looking at, and that price
  >> may have included a floppy drive. The first C-64's were released
  >> at $595 so I guess what I was looking at contained other addons..

MP>> Sounds like you got a deal though since I know the price I was
  >> getting on that 1541 drive was close to $400.

MP>Maybe a little OT but prices and available tech were changing quickly.  By
  >the time we got our TI at "a bargain," there were probably other better,
  >and more expensive, choices out there.

MP>I can say the same thing about my first XT, too.  Pretty sure the 286 was
  >already on the market, and the 386 was not far over the horizon.

Yes, when I was looking at the C-64 / C-128 systems the Apple II
computers were out and they were a lot more of a true computer.
But they were about $1500 as well.. When my friend turned me on
to building my own Apple Clone for more like $500, I was thrilled..

Within about 3 years I was into PC's, and that same friend was
getting me parts or used systems so I was inexpensively only
one 'number' behind.. (Running a 286 when the 386 came out).

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