[rescue] Modula-2/Lilith (was: Rescue of a life-time.. orthe year at the very least.)

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Mike Meredith <mike at blackhairy.demon.co.uk>
> Date: 2004/09/17 Fri PM 10:03:26 GMT
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Modula-2/Lilith (was: Rescue of a life-time..
> 	orthe year at the very least.)

> rates. It wasn't just IBM that ignored the true exchange rate and tried
> to sell computers at ridiculous prices ... AppleII's used to sell for
> over UKP1,000 when you could buy a better equivalent for UKP400 (the BBC
> B).

The Apple ][ was over $1,000 in the USA at the time, so UKP1,000 is not that out of line (if memory serves me correctly).