• Hikermick@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Computer nerd me loved dialing up BBS’s on my TRS-80 CoCo with 16k RAM. My parents on the other hand hated getting the phone bill. 30 cents a minute in 1980 dollars was steep

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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      18 days ago

      Looks like $1.20 in today’s money, assuming usd. That would add up fast lol, I’d have gotten banned from the computer instantly