[arachne] I thought you'd love this....

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I found a copy of the 1982/83 Dick Smith Electronics catalogue, and just
inside was a two page spread for this:

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The most powerful microcomputer and the lowest cost CP/M based system.
Famous EXIDY SYSTEMS made in USA....

  ******* the SORCERER *******

32k Sorcerer $1395 "that's 32k for 16k price!"

Green screen monitor  only $199

Exidy Systems quad density floppy disk subsystem $1290

Sorcerer S100 expansion  only $589

Printer cable (Centronics to DB25)  $49.50

Dual Cassette cable (DB25 to 6 x mini jack plugs) $35

Daisy-chain disk cable  $55

National cassette recorder "Highly recommended for Sorcerer use" $82

Micropolis disk drives: "you can have from one to four drives, giving up
to 1260 K bytes (yes, more than a megabyte) of storage at the incredibly
low price of 0.3c per byte."
Mod 2 drive with controller $1149
Mod 2 add-on drive $649

"New for 82" the Dick Smith Daisy Wheel Printer $1195

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What would those prices be in today's money, after inflation... eight,
ten, twelve times?

Those were the days! <GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG>

    Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
    and remember what peace there may be in silence.
        "Desiderata", Max Ehrmann, copyright 1952.

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