It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop. Bell, C Gordon, Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet, Digital Equipment Corp, Microsoft Corp, Software, Innovation, Science and Technology It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop. NYT > Business