When we look back at the prices of early computing gear and convert
them to the equivalent in today's money it's clear just how cheap
technology has become. Looking around the gear I have here it would
have been way beyond my means 20 or so years ago

Also seems like some of us in here have had a lot of fun growing up
with the technological revolution and even though we know there will
be even greater leaps in technology to come I somehow think that those
of us who lived through the early days had an experience that kids
today will never have, and few will understand as Grandpa and Grandma
'go on' about 'the old days' !