[lonelygirl15a]

Imagine driving to a computer store in the late 70s or 80s, and buying a floppy disk in a stapled plastic sandwich baggie with some Xeroxed documentation stapled to it for $20. In 1980 dollars.

I was pretty happy to buy this app this morning for $8 2022 dollars - the current price of an ice cream cone.

[certifiedloud]

You're paying way too much for ice cream. Who's your ice cream guy?

[striking]

It's $6 for a single scoop plus $2 for a waffle cone at Salt & Straw, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[earleybird]

Hey that's me you're talking about . . . and then I found out people would pay me to write programs. :-)

[calvinmorrison]

I was at the thrift store last night and found someones cache of complete old sim games for PC. Sim Coaster, Sim city, etc. all for $1.99. I realized - I don't have a CD drive anymore.

[UberFly]

External USB ones work well enough in a pinch.

[Ancapistani]

I got in on the tail end of that in the 90s. I vividly remember buying "old" computers at church bazaars and rummage sales, then begging my parents for money to buy dusty old games on 5.25" floppy at my local Radio Shack.

[Overtonwindow]

I buy hard drives at thrift stores and run recovery on them for S&G’s. Amazing archeological finds….

[Overtonwindow]

Oh! You mean Ham Radio Outlet ?! :-)