The ZX81 sold in the United Kingdom for 69.95 pounds (built) or 49.95 pounds (as a kit) with 1KB of RAM. Another 16KB of RAM cost 50 Pounds. The equivilent machine in the US sold a year later for $100. It was amazing what programmers could fit into 16 KB. Unlike the bloatware of today they wrote very tight code.
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