On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:53:19AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Pigeon wrote: > > > $500? Chicken's tits. The US distributors must have been ripping > > people off bigtime. In the UK, I think the original ZX80 cost 80 > > pounds, and neither the ZX81 nor any of its accessories went for more > > than that. > > 500 Canadian, which back then, I haven't a clue what our dollar was, > definately not the 1.6 cdn : 1 USD that it's at now. Probably closer to > 1.3 or so. So figure about 380ish, with taxes and stuff.
Still way over the top! How does it compare with say a Commodore VIC-20 or a TRS-80 level 1? In the UK the ZX-80/81 was <80 pounds, the VIC-20 180 pounds and the TRS-80 much much more expensive, though you did get a monitor with it, >400 pounds IIRC. (Commodore seemed to be a bit unlucky with their model names. In French the Pet is a "Commodore Fart" and in (spoken) German the VIC-20 is a "Fuck-20". Maybe that's why they just gave the C64 a number.) Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
