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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: popular computer affordability (was: Re: Another Leary thing )
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Date: 15 Sep 88 14:00:34 GMT
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In article <14292@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, c60a-1bq@e260-4f.berkeley.edu
	(nunnayourbiznezz) writes:
  Me (Peter da Silva):
> >They have. I bought my second Atari 800 (an 800XL) for $64. The newer 800s
> >are a bit more expensive but they're still in the $100 range. Commodore
> >makes small computers in the same price range, too.

> >Yes, they're not big machines. They have no hard drive and only 64K of RAM.
> >But they're quite affordable... in the price range of telephones.

> My phone cost me $5 :-)

I had one of those, too. Now I have a $50 model. At the local Rat Shack they
go up to $200.

> True, there are the Atari 800 and C= 64.  Both are solid, cheap machines, but
> you need more than a console to work.

Yes. You need a LOGO cartridge ($10), a TV, and a tape recorder.

> In my mind, that is the BARE minimum system.  No cassettes pleez, disk
> drives have been the only way to go for years.

We're not talking something you're going to use to run a small business.
The subject is providing computer education for ghetto kids. Yes, Leary
is off-base putting the Amiga in this range... but the Atari and C= low
end machines are available.
-- 
Peter da Silva  `-_-'  Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
"Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?"            peter@ficc.uu.net