My Atari set up, back in the day, cost $1100. That was pretty much the total amount of money I had made working on a farm for the summer. (I think my wage was $3.15/hour) I am reasonably sure that was the summer of 1983, so the computer purchase would have been in the fall - September or October.
I purchased an Atari 600XL, a 1050 disk drive and a 1027 printer. No memory what the cost of the individual pieces was.
When I think about what I am willing to spend $1000 on today, it makes me laugh.