There was an excellent discussion of how to relate
monetary values of the Middle Ages and ancient times to
modern times. I compiled it in a file and I'm
attaching it.
Fascinating, thanks!
However, I'm more interested in the raw production economics right now -
how much of a financial risk (in context) was/were the VMS' original
author(s) taking on in its creation, and what can we infer from that about
the situation that he/she/they were in?
ie, if it was a game that could be played only by the rich, how rich would
they need to be to play?