“In 1962 if I wanted to buy a computer it would cost me millions of dollars.”
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What on earth would you have done with a computer in 1962?
They were little more then punch card tabulators back then.
They ran on vacuum tubes...hundreds, even thousands.
Even today, what purpose is a home computer without internet?
Many things were cheaper then.
20 thousand bucks was a good salary.
I paid 7200 bucks for my first airplane, a Cessna 172, which I flew from coast to coast, and into Mexico.
If that very same plane is still flying, it would cost
20+ thousand today.
My last two planes were Beach Bonanzas. They were not expensive in the late 70s. Those same planes today would be very far out of reach for me.
Compare the cost of a new car then and now.
You may have missed some of the real fun days. My first one was a 1941 Culver Cadet, mostly wood with 85 hp and retractable gear, for which I paid $1200 in 1959. This airplane was formerly owned by a Chance Vought test pilot! But, I swear, I had earlier seen a Taylorcraft, licensed and flying, sold for $450. Lord, bring back the fifties.