HP91xx controllers (was HP-IB disc drive emulation programavailable)

Eric Smith eric at brouhaha.com
Sun Dec 20 03:25:06 CST 2009


Tim Shoppa wrote:
> When I got started in computing, a RK05 pack was circa $200 and
> a 8" floppy was circa $5. A researcher or student might have
> had a personal RK05 or two and a box of floppies.
>   
A wealthy student, maybe.  $200 back then is equivalent to around $1000 
in today's dollars.  Not many students I knew back then would have been 
able to afford that.




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