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Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: GmanJoe on October 23, 2001, 07:37:01 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fanciensound.freeservers.com%2FTandy.jpg&hash=81d5344593adf83f569b9a336b2d769cb2d2ffe3)

And look! Monitor and mouse NOT included! :eek:

This was in 1989. Just 12 years ago.....if that\'s still running, that makes it out to be $700+ per year!:eek:
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: videoholic on October 23, 2001, 08:30:57 AM: That price seems a little high. I remember I bought a 386 SX in 1989 for 2500 bucks. If I remember correctly it was 16 mhz. 256k ram...

Oh, well it may not have come with the monitor though. Gosh, maybe I did pay over 3grand for it.

I bet 90% of people using computers today have no idea what MS Dos 3.0 even does. Let alone versions 1,2,4,or 5...

Oh brother. Back in the day when you had to individual dial up BBSes to get your porn and pirated files.

QModem was my friend.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Coredweller on October 23, 2001, 08:59:24 AM: The first PC I purchased myself was a Zeos 486/66 in 1993. 8 megs of RAM, 420 meg HD, 14.4 modem, Win 3.11, and a crappy monitor included. That was about $2800 if I recall. Yeah I think PC prices have remained relatively stable over the years, you just get more power for the money each year.

This Tandy thing was an abberation, but then Radio Shack has always been a ripoff and always will be.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Luke on October 23, 2001, 09:48:23 AM: i like going to thrift shops and looking at the old puters they have there.

its good stuff.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Majin Prince on October 23, 2001, 10:31:59 AM: :laughing: LOL :laughing: notice how it says "at a lightning-fast 20 Mhz..."
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: CygnusXI on October 23, 2001, 10:59:58 AM: Whew!! You guys were rich!!
All I could afford was a C64 in 1984. In 89\' I was in the USAF and really had no use for possesions.... since it was just more crap to move:D
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Titan on October 23, 2001, 11:04:06 AM: Gee, computers were so slow back then. That must have been top of the line in that day.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: videoholic on October 23, 2001, 12:45:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by CygnusXI
Whew!! You guys were rich!!
All I could afford was a C64 in 1984. In 89\' I was in the USAF and really had no use for possesions.... since it was just more crap to move:D

I had a C64 then too. I got it because my TI-994a sucked cause I didn\'t have a disc drive for it. Those darn tapes took forever to load programs.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Coredweller on October 23, 2001, 01:01:07 PM: Shoot, I wasn\'t even counting the pre-wintel computers when I said the 486 was my first purchase! How stupid of me. The TI 99/4A was the first I actually paid for myself, way back in hmmmm, 1983/84??? What year was it when TI cancelled production and sold all the existing stock for $99 each? That\'s when I bought it. Ahh, good times man, good times. :)

Sinclair ZX-81 (Z80) - gift
TI 99/4A (?) - purchased
Mattel Aquarius (Z80) - purchased
Atari 800XL (6502) - purchased
AT&T 6300 (8088) - borrowed
Compaq 386/25 - borrowed
Zeos 486/66 - purchased
Pentium 225 homebuilt - purchased
Pentium III 500 homebuilt - purchased
IBM Thinkpad 600 E - company provided
Yes that\'s it, just about it.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: videoholic on October 23, 2001, 01:05:33 PM: I am almost positive I got my TI in 4th grade. I think that would make it 1980. Maybe 79, not sure. I was into Donky Kong Jr then. Isn\'t that the one with the jungle and the rope climbing?

I remember how excited I was when I got my 32k extended basic cartridge. Then I could do moving sprites!!! YAHOO!!!!
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Coredweller on October 23, 2001, 01:12:03 PM: Heh, I got the Sinclair when I was a freshman in highschool, and that was 1981. I don\'t think the TI 99 was around yet. ...Back in the day when computer nerds were HARDCORE!!! :) :) I guess I\'m older than you Vid. :)
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: videoholic on October 23, 2001, 02:24:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Coredweller
Heh, I got the Sinclair when I was a freshman in highschool, and that was 1981. I don\'t think the TI 99 was around yet. ...Back in the day when computer nerds were HARDCORE!!! :) :) I guess I\'m older than you Vid. :)

I remember the sinclair out when I already had the TI. That\'s the one with no real keys right?

I am almost positive I was in 4th grade so it has to be 79 or 80, but maybe it was 5th grade which would give me 81.. I dunno.
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: CygnusXI on October 24, 2001, 03:08:57 AM: Ha Core!! I got the DELUXE Sinclair..... The 2068!! Full color AND a raised rubber like keyboard.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cris.com%2F%7EAlxevans%2Fts2068_1.gif&hash=ff70d89bb7eeef8c6c36c58514a6dcb0f070aa60)
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Coredweller on October 24, 2001, 04:52:52 AM: Quote
Originally posted by CygnusXI
Ha Core!! I got the DELUXE Sinclair..... The 2068!! Full color AND a raised rubber like keyboard.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cris.com%2F%7EAlxevans%2Fts2068_1.gif&hash=ff70d89bb7eeef8c6c36c58514a6dcb0f070aa60)
HAH HAH, I remember when I used to drool over that thing. :D What a POS!!!
Title: Eight thousand five hundred American dollars
Post by: Titan on October 24, 2001, 03:44:16 PM: I have a link at eBay with a similar computer. Not for much more than a couple of dollars though. Interesting how people sell such worthless crap. Check it out http://listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/category4599/index.html?ssPageName=MFTestComp10 (http://gbg.bonet.se/ivil/you.html)