Saturday, April 5, 2008

Woot! -

One Day, One Deal

So where was Woot back in 1990?

From my journal, August of 1990…


“…I’m using Pro-Write software here at work and using it on a brand new Everex 286 computer… I guess I have always been fascinated by computers, or ever since I first saw one. Laurae brought a new Apple II_e home from Janesville school one weekend and I became fascinated by it. I was really sorry to see her have to take it back to school. Now I use one at work and one at home. (An Epson Equity II, 286 processor a 40 MB hard drive and 12 MB of RAM)”



The Equity II is out in the garage. Cost me $2,500 back in 1990. What’s that worth in today’s dollars? $4049.22

Look at the size of those floppy drives!

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:34 AM

    I remember those big floppies. It usually took about 10 of them to install a new program and an hour or two to do it.

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  2. Steven9:41 AM

    And you really had to want that new program. With only 40MB of hard drive, you thought about it before installing.

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