Amiga prices - 17 years later!

[vortexau]

I just happened to pull out my Amiga price list from 1985. Its from:

CHAMBERS COMPUTER SUPPLIES
252 Swanston Street
Melbourne, 3001
(Viatel Price Page 222931)

(( All prices are Australian Dollars ))

The LIST price for an A1000 is $3500. Thats close to $1000 MORE than the price I'm paying for my mid-range 'M' System which is comparable to current Mac hardware.

Other prices:

° An A1050 256K RAM expansion cartridge is priced at $575.
° The A1080 "Hi-res" RGB digital/analog + NTSC color monitor is $1295.
° A1010 External 3.5" FDD: $850.
° A1020 External 5¼" FDD: $1150.
° A1400 MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface): $149.
° Textcraft word processor is $299.
° General Ledger: $299.
° Accounts Receivable: $299.
° Accounts Payable: $299.
° Electronic Point-Of-Sale: $299.
° Telecraft (Communications and terminal emulation): $299.
° Amiga Pascal: $500.
° Amiga "C" 68000 C language compiler: $850.
° Amiga Assembler: $550.
° Amiga LISP: $550.
° Amiga Graphicraft: $275.
° Amiga Musicraft: $275.
° Musicraft Pro: $550.

Then the Australian Dollar equaled $0.70 US currency.
Now the Australian Dollar is worth about $0.56 US!

What 17 years can do to technology, AND prices!

[vortexau]

Many of the earlier WP' for Amiga were dire.
Recall:
° Kindwords
° Kindwords II
° Scribble
° PenPal
° Excellence?

The FIRST DPaint (III) I bought was $199 or $299?

-The first REPLACEMENT HDD I bought for my A2000HD (850Mb Quantum)
cost about $550. It was bought to replace the original 50Mb Quantum which still worked the last time I used it. Still using that Quantum TRB850S as a fourth drive.

I think the MOST expensive Amiga periferal I ever read the price was the Rambrandt Graphics board/s, which came on TWO boards....over $4000US?
Harliquin boards were pricey as well.