I am of course recalling the prices of PCs in the UK, maybe everything was cheap as chips in North America.
But a decent 486 was still in the ballpark of 2k at the time I got my (marginally more expensive) P60* system towards the end of '94.
*And that was via a flippin' loan too, I tell ye! [old man shouts at whippersnappers or something]
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2024-05-20 23:49:29
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