Atari 800 : my first computer

My dad paid $2000 for an Atari 800 with 16k in RAM and a cassette drive back around 1981.  According to MeasuringWorth, in todays dollars that would be like spending

	$4,560.48	using the Consumer Price Index
	$4,052.84	using the GDP deflator
	$5,843.89	using the value of consumer bundle *
	$4,536.14	using the unskilled wage *
	$6,721.12	using the nominal GDP per capita
	$8,827.20	using the relative share of GDP

We also had the 410 cassette drive and BASIC Computer Games (see the scanned book in its full glory) which made for some loooong typing sessions for some very simple games!