Age

[Scott Stevens]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:56:14 -0800
Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 27 February 2005 16:37, William Donzelli wrote:
> > > My first "home" computer was a CDC-160A which I purchased (for
> > > more $ than I'd care to admit) around 1968.
> >
> > Was this purchase for a home based business, or strictly for fun?
> >
> > And just how much was it?
> 
> I used the "excuse" that I was going to use it for a home based
> business - but I really just wanted one to "play" with.  It was
> fortuitous that I was working at IBM when the "$ to standard-of-living
> ratio" was good....
> 
> I purchased the it directly from CDC and paid $25,000 for the 160A and
> it's associated Frieden Flexowriter (both in "used, rebuilt"
> condition)...
> 
> That was a lot of bucks in 1968 dollars, but I was "desperate" for a
> home computer...
> 
> Lyle
> -- 
> Lyle Bickley
> Bickley Consulting West Inc.
> http://bickleywest.com
> "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
> 

I'm surprised you didn't get in trouble as an IBM employee for owning a
CDC machine, back in that day and age.