Battle of the 8-bits
Sep 02, 2019
2 minutes
To set the scene for the rise of ’80s micro-computers, we need to start with 1977’s Apple II. It was available for the “cheap” price of US$1,298 (around US$5,370 in today’s money), which bought you a 6502 CPU, 4K of RAM, and six colors — or 16 at very low resolution.
This was a great deal
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