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by whyaduck 4105 days ago
Wow - Terminals Terrific was selling a spell checker (Spell Star) for only $144!
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$4,600 for a 46mb hard drive. That is $10,000 adjusted for inflation. I think a DVD which holds approx 4600mb is probably a few pennies today. How far we have come, absolutely incredible. I guess this means we should reach the singularity very soon. Perhaps when Windows 10 is released. :)

https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1983-08/1983_08_BYT...