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Saturday, December 28, 2019
year end purchase...
Did my annual desk cleaning today and ordered new "Human Interface Devices" for my computer. Good thing a keyboard and mouse is so cheap. 51,62,45,0,B
I remember back in the early 80's when I was considering an electric typewriter to replace my portable, manual Royal. But, they were too expensive ... around $150-200 if my memory is correct.
I can relate. I bought a sewing-machine size and weight (~ 25 lbs) Compaq portable computer in 1982: 2800 dollars. Then, in order to produce documents, a dot-matrix printer and a ball-type printer, which used IBM Selectric balls. A fair amount of money, but worth it for my engineering career. The total outlay would be about $ 8000 in 2019 dollars. Just look at what hardware would be available for that much money today.
I remember back in the early 80's when I was considering an electric typewriter to replace my portable, manual Royal. But, they were too expensive ... around $150-200 if my memory is correct.
ReplyDeleteI can relate. I bought a sewing-machine size and weight (~ 25 lbs) Compaq portable computer in 1982: 2800 dollars. Then, in order to produce documents, a dot-matrix printer and a ball-type printer, which used IBM Selectric balls. A fair amount of money, but worth it for my engineering career. The total outlay would be about $ 8000 in 2019 dollars. Just look at what hardware would be available for that much money today.
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I saw U on national TV in Sweden today. Interesting life! I follow U on Youtube now.
ReplyDeleteP.S I don’t like heat ;)
Howdy FAX Lisa. I don't like cold!
ReplyDeleteh&c Ben…
ReplyDeleteNot a bad price. After all the times I have dropped my mouse and keyboard I am surprised they still work.
ReplyDeleteI had to smile on your personal exchange with FAX Lisa...I don't like cold either :)