The BombSquad @bombsquad.dev · Jan 14

While I'm not the original owner of my Compaq Portable, I do happen to have the original invoices. It was purchased from ComputerLand in 1986, an Illinois computer retailer franchise, for use in a grocery store's back office. Adjusted for inflation, it cost approximately $5,600! #retrocomputing

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@techtexan.bsky.social · Jan 14

That’s cool

The BombSquad · Jan 14

The memory upgrade alone costs $400 USD, which would have expanded the memory from 256KB to 640KB. 16GB of system memory purchased at the same rate would cost approximately $17,000,000.