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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by nikau on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:03AM (#38663109)
In 1966 a 7.25MB drive cost $25,510.

In todays money that's $246,316.70.

So it would have cost 6 extra cents for every date entry.

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