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On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:47:16 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> 	I spent a lot of time deciding to buy one and the disk drive 
which 
was
> more expensive than the computer both of which i bought on sale at
> Pacific Stereo a now defunct chain store for audio in those distant
> days. The floppies were so expensive.  I made some money with it doing
> book keeping for a man who had neglected for about 5 years his
> accounting.

You were low rent. I drove over to Manchester NH to buy an Osborne 1 as 
soon as it was released in 1981. It was $1795. It paid for itself.