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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over |
| Date | 2025-10-27 20:41 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mma3ofFafc2U6@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (22 earlier) <10dkuvq$3uqs3$4@dont-email.me> <mm789eFpu50U2@mid.individual.net> <MlBLQ.85763$P8zb.24777@fx04.iad> <mm9do2F76akU3@mid.individual.net> <10dnvo8$sb29$1@dont-email.me> |
On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:31:36 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 27/10/2025 14:26, rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:07:24 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >> >>> I found the 5150 to be a massive yawn. It wasn't until the Amiga came >>> along that I got excited enough to buy a new machine. >> >> In that era people would ask me 'You work with computers.' What kind >> should I buy?' I didn't have a good answer. I made my living with >> computers but I wasn't sure what Joe Sixpack would do with one. >> >> Some nerds did find uses but there were many TRS-80s, PETs, PC Jrs, TI >> 99s, and so forth gathering dust because people were buying them in >> sort of a madness of crowds. >> > Well that era answered the question of 'what did people want computers > for'? > On 8 bit machines...arcade games. Free arcade games. > Once the internet took off? Porn. I'm thinking of a different demographic, what would be comparable to a boomer today. 'Greatest generation'? According to Wiki, the TI-99/4 was $1150 or the equivalent of $4980 in 2024. The PET would be $4100 in 2024. Apple II? $6740. The 5150 PC, $5410. Even the TRS-80 would be $3110 or the Amiga at $3786 . The Osborne 1 I bought in '81 was $1795 in '81, or $6210 today. The VIC-20 at $1040 2024 dollars was getting into an affordable area. The people I'm thinking off that could drop $4 or 5K on a computer probably weren't into arcade games. That's a hell of a lot of quarters. Maybe mom bought a computer and junior figured out something to do with it.
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Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 11:00 +0000
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Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 22:19 +0000
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Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-27 08:23 +0000
Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-26 22:45 -0400
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Re: Personal computer (was Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-27 16:53 +0000
Re: Personal computer (was Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over) Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-10-27 13:48 -0400
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Re: Personal computer (was Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-29 02:14 +0000
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Re: Personal computer (was Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-28 19:37 +0000
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Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-27 10:18 -0700
Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-10-27 13:42 -0400
Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-27 21:18 +0000
Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-28 07:45 +0000
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