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Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing

Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Followup-To comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing
From Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>
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Date 2026-03-13 23:06 +0000

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MummyChunk <mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
 
> 
> The numbers are what really grab you, though. $1,298 for a 4K Apple II,
> and if you want to move up the memory ladder, the price gets serious in a hurry.

The topic is a bit misleading, since the supporting documents list 4K of
RAM for $100, just slightly more than I paid in 1981. 

The real kicker is the (system) -(board) price delta.  That’s quite a chunk
of change for a case, keyboard, and power supply!

-- 
-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:  http://michaeljmahon.com

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When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2026-03-09 00:18 -0400
  Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-09 13:51 +0000
    Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-10 10:49 +1300
      Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-09 22:41 +0000
        Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-10 13:26 +1300
          Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-10 05:46 +0000
            Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-10 13:59 +0000
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-11 11:02 +1300
                Chaos in the Lab Duhast <duhast@123gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 19:39 -0400
                Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2026-03-12 22:43 -0400
            Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2026-03-10 14:18 +0000
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-11 10:54 +1300
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2026-03-11 21:19 -0500
  Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2026-03-11 21:18 -0500
  Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2026-03-13 23:06 +0000

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