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Subject: Re: How much would a program like Ruffian cost in the 80's?

Author: Anson T J

Date: 06:12:58 07/04/03

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I'm not sure of the speed of cpus in the 80s but if I remember in 89 we still
had 8086s in schools at only 10MHz.

A machine 300 times faster would cost a bomb back then. Not sure how much, but
loads. How much would people be willing to pay for a 1800 GHz PC today?

On July 04, 2003 at 08:44:42, ludicrous wrote:

>If a super strong program like Ruffian was taken back in the early 80's in the
>form of a 3.0 Ghz PC, with a chessbase interface, about how much would a chess
>fanatic back then be willing to pay (including the PC) for it?
>
>Just a thought.



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