On bench. Clearing out old paperwork at home. just found an invoice for part of my first PC:
3rd May 1988.
Seagate ST4096 hard disk, 80 Mb (yes, MEGAbytes)
£528.00
3rd May 1988.
Seagate ST4096 hard disk, 80 Mb (yes, MEGAbytes)
£528.00
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Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith
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That has happened often, indeed, but this disk was in 1988. My mistake.Originally posted by snaw View PostComment
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Just found an invoice for my contracting in 1988. Banking in the City: £19.00 per hour.Comment
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I can beat that...
...32Kb Vixen memory expansion pack for Commodore Vic-20. Sometime in the 1980s. £120.Originally posted by expat View PostComment
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I've still got 1991 invoices for my second contract, £13.00 per hour.Originally posted by expat View Post
At the time it was better than £0.00 per hour as we entered recession.Comment
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As far as I can remember, guineas were always the preserve of doctors, tailors and the legal profession. We mere mortals didn't get a look in.Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostI wonder if anyone here is old enough to have invoiced in guineas
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Real reason: probably that Decimalisation Day was so long ago.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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£217 + VAT for an IBM keyboard in the mid/late 80's, pretty certain that's what they charged for the PS/2 keyboards too.
I clearly remember buying 200 1mb SIMMs at £100 a go (bargain at the time) for a job at Leeds Uni in the mid 90's.Comment
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I paid over £1000 for a Sony Super VHS video recorder back in 1986, probably equivalent to at least double or even triple that today, and I don't recall ever using the Super VHS mode once
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