£85,000 (1957) ≈ £1,895,500 (2015) ≈ $2,852,680 (2015)

Also within that timespan, 1.2MB of magnetic film vs 8GB MircoSD card (upto 128GB on a Pi Zero?) That's Moore's Law in action!

Interesting tidbit: Pi Zero is really $5, despite being British, too.

something irks me about retrospective and I've seen it all. retrospective steals from daring by making ourself feel good about progress done. Fight the retrospective! do outrageous stuff with this bit of tech today. I say this with insight how this uneasy bright kid does weird stuff with things people don't look at.

I think - leave history to historians.