So, when I was in high school back in the mid-late 1980's I had a friend named Scott. He purchased his Commodore 64 for around $600 Bucks.
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The Commodore 64 "took its name from its 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM." Quote on this web site:(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64) I was quite envious of him because his parents had purchased him a Commodore 64. I wanted one so bad. Unfortunately I never got one but that was ok.
I would simply drive over to my friend Scott's house to use his. Basically you could only use the thing to write reports on. After my reports were finished I would simply print them up on his dot matrix printer. That printer was so loud. The thing sounded like a chainsaw buzzing back and forth. Yes, the Commodore 64 was the future back then. So you young pups out there remember that next time you sit down in front of that Apple you are reading this post on right now. All I can say is this...
"God Bless STEEMIT"
Next Step... ATARI. Cheers.