1989 Tandy $8499.00
 

Lightning-fast 20 MHz!

http://andy.saturn9.ws/Photo%20Album...andy_pc_ad.jpg

tandy damn thats long ago I still remember them, didnt they have some c64 alike as well?

yup got it! a trs80 friend had this one cool

http://www.koehntopp.com/museum/bilder/trs80.jpg

2 whole mb of ram

"Monitor and Mouse not included"

Jesus! How much was a fucking mouse that they couldn't throw that in on the deal? :D

Amazing how far technology and price has come

Back then PCs were actually profitable to sell. :winkwink:

My first PC set me back about 4 grand if memory serves.. and it wasnt even top of the line.

Thats Pimp!

Oh man, flash back time! I had one too. 4k, expandable to 64k. Tape backup drive and all the bells and whistles. The best thing was the pinball game. Definately old school. :thumbsup

Yep, that's badass, actually weird I just found that pic myself a week or so ago!

jDoG

cool :) I was so damn jealous at this guy who had one, I had a TI99/4a less pro but still pretty cool...

Wow, big bucks huh.

cool! fucking flash back time huh!

only 16 years ago - it's amazing how much everything has changed in that time.

I wish I had held onto my Vic20...

Yeah it was called the TRS-80 Color Computer aka Coco and Ive still got THREE of them. :)
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...dy_coco2_1.jpg

Cocos! I started on a Coco2, playin games like "TheXdar" :o ... still have 2 coco2's and 3 coco3's collecting dust :)

Also have an old Intellivision chillin in the same closet

hell yeah!! :winkwink:

I remember paying around $26K for a "biz system" (not Tandy) that came with a customized desk to fit the *vast* hdd storage unit - all 20 megs worth!! :1orglaugh This was backed up to 8" floppies with a capacity of around 1 meg each.

lol, I was thinking the same thing.

i had a trs-80. my first computer :glugglug

It's nice to look back and see what computers look like. I am very thankful for those responsible of the computer development.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

This is ownnnnnnnage ;P

I owned a computer store in '89 and I would have told you back then that was a fucking ripoff. My custom systems weren't half of that price, same specs.

My first personal was a Radio Shit Trash 80. Ran Visicalc and a mail labelling program. I had a chain of 5.25" floppy drives and no hard drive. It was great.

"No One Will Ever Need More Than 640K Ram" - Bill Gates, 1981

nice old stuff. its like I went into a garage or something

I still have my old TRS 80.

Remember Morloc's castle?
Adventure?
Oh man...

Monitor and mouse not included? Wow, what a deal.

It's hard to imagine looking back to today, 20 years from now, but when I think back not too long ago... I remember paying $2000 for a Pentium II 266Mhz machine.

and to think, u can pick thsoe up at salvage stores for $20 now.

Just shows you how technology has evolved. :)

my first was a commodore vic-20, i have still have it in storage

my flatmate is insanly into amigas and they are starting to take over my house

i love when people put ads in the paper for a shit ass computer and people still flock to it, yet for same price they could go to a comp store and get a current model for same price.

one of my first pc's was as a tandy bought from radio shack. followed by a toshiba 133.