6 Sep
2026
6 Sep
'26
1:08 p.m.
On Sat, 5 Sep 2026, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
The Commodore 64 was sold in Canada in Sept. 1982. My
brother-in-law bought
his in Toronto around that time. It was $595 cdn.($4,000 today!). A lot of
money back then. Well even today.
Happy computing.
. . . and, in a few more years, you have the 50th anniversary of the first microcomputer
mass marketed for home use.
Does "first" mean first conceptual idea? (such as Compaq's creation myth
napkin)
first design?
first announcement?
first prototype?
first advertised?
first demo'ed at comdex or equivalent?
first offered for sale?
first actual sale?
first shipped?
first to catch up with waiting list?
first over the counter sale without pre-order?
first OTC within walking distance of MY house?
first to come down to my price range?
first to be sold as "R@RE! VALUABLE" on eBay?
first to make it to the "free" table at VCF?
first to have to be taken home from VCF free table, for lack of interest?
MANY meet several of those criteria, but none are the first in all criteria.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com