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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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