15 May
2010
15 May
'10
5:27 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lanning" <brianlanning at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:10 PM
Subject: $8500 Tandy ad from 1989
It's fun to read this stuff. I didn't realize
microchannel was
available from anyone but IBM. And notice how it's MS(R) OS/2. :-)
http://www.stephenbailey.com/technology/what-8499-bought-in-1989/
Only a few paid the fee to be able to use the MCA architecture, the rest got
together and did EISA.
A 5000 would be fun for the collection, but I have not seen any of the clone
MCA machines for sale anywhere (unless I missed one on ebay).
I wonder what the IBM machine with the same config would have cost, maybe
the Tandy was a bargain. I think in 1989 I might have just purchased a
286-12 Packard Bell.