I paid $549 for it at Radio Shack so I could play PONG.
Later on I bought a modem for around $100?? and got hooked to Compuserve.
It used to take up to two minutes to receive an answer back on a BBS (or was it a Compuserve "chat line"?). Too long ago to remember it all, but some of the memories are incredible.
When a boy, I remember my Grandpa talking about owning his first Model T "AUTOMOBILE". It sorta feels like that. LOL!