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But all things considered, it was an excellent value, as both a tape recorder and a monitor were expensive items. And most buyers didn’t have spare ones to reuse anyway as it was their first computer.
A cheap Zenith zvm 122 monochrome 12inch monochrome monitor cost 990 Francs, a Novex Mc1414 14inch colour monitor cost 2800 Francs, a tape recorder for the C64 cost 450 Francs, a floppy drive for the C64 cost 3500 Francs. Source: Micro 7 #21 - 11/1984
Note: In France we had an additional problem in that our TVs were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECAM SECAM] only in the 80s. A monitor was required for foreign computers like the C64 PAL that didn't output RGB. TVs only became PAL/SECAM compatible in the 90s.
