How much did computing equipment cost almost 60 years ago? Here's the Digital Equipment Corporation price list from 1964 for their PDP-6 minicomputer. Keep in mind that $1 of purchasing power in 1964 would be about $10 today due to inflation!
@lauren I was just talking with @smellsofbikes about hand-winding coil memory. This makes it look like a good and remunerative evening hobby, like knitting.
@smellsofbikes @recurve //SYSIN DD DUMMY -- just kidding.
@lauren @smellsofbikes @recurve I didn't know you spoke JCL. I thought you were exlusively a red and orange DEC guy. ;-)
@shuttersparks @smellsofbikes @recurve We're trained on a multitude of languages extent on the planets to which we're assigned.
@lauren @smellsofbikes @recurve That makes sense.
