Interesting historical recollections. My first wife worked at Silicon Graphics during the Jurrasic Park days and lunch there was always a blast.

In terms of old property prices, my dad bought just over 1.5 acres of land in Palo Alto (Barron Park) not far from El Camino in 1972 for $70,000. He sold it in 1982 for more than ten times that and today on that same piece of land there are 8 two story cul-de-sac homes. According to Zillow, they range in value from $1.7-$2.3 million at 2,100-3,500 sf on around 6k sf size lots, roughly $16 million worth of homes on 1.5 acres if you believe Zillow!