“The Most Powerful Computer Ever”
I was just cleaning out some old e-mails and found this old Radio Shack ad that a friend had sent me a couple of years ago. Sadly, I remember lusting after this machine back in 1989. A 20 MHz processor, 2 megs of RAM, and “mouse support included” made this Tandy 5000 professional “the most powerful computer ever.” But with a price tag of $8499, it was practically as out of reach as a new Ferrari. (And note the fact that the ad makes clear that “monitor and mouse not included.” Can’t even imagine what that brought the final total to). And I love the fact that it’s running the old Aldus PageMaker program, which I used to think was the greatest thing since sliced bread. God, I can’t even imagine using that clunky program now. It’s just amazing to think how far we have come in the last 20 years.
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"Subtotal Please note that your subtotal does not include sales tax or rebates. $26,673.00"
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I miss my Commie 64 now. I miss having to use multiple 5" floppies to run a game.
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/Apple makes way too much on the "upgrades" from their standard configurations.
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"The LISP machine will never require more than 256K of memory."
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It's also very tough to find a reliable, well-reviewed dual Harpertown mobo with two PCI-E 2.0 slots and 8 FB-DIMM slots.
Todd--Windows works on Macs, you know.
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isn't inflation like 3.25%?
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So my question to all of you really old people is; what was the market for this insanely priced system? Did people take out bank loans to buy a system such as this, or was this market to mostly business customers?
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Keep in mind that this is Tandy. ie, RadioShack.
I expect this was probably seriously overpriced, and marketed towards small business buyers with more money than sense. Dentists, lawyers, etc, buying a PC for their office while shopping at the mall.
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