Comment on Not the most auspicious start of a new year

• fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The article mentions that they costed about 22 USD when introduced and it’s around 260 in today’s dollars. Pretty darn expensive

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My guess is that the profit margin wasn’t big enough 😮‍💨

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hmm, I guess it might have been pretty complex for 40’s manufacturers. Hopefully someone gives it another try.

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