1983 Micro prices (was Re: The Origins of DOS)

31 Oct 2006

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  >> From
the time that it was introduced (August  1981), the IBM PC 5150 was
 >> also available bare for about $1360 (USD).   
 From memory (of the ad I read in BYTE within the last
6 months) there was this secretary looking lady
proclaiming she could have one on her desk for ~$1700.
I don't mean to be contentious (not right now anyway
LOL), it's just what I seem to remember the blooming
the ultra bare-bones price being. In ultra-bare bones
read cassette storage only.
 But perhaps that included some sort of display
adapter (CGA->TV?)...it would have to otherwise it
would be essentially an expensive paper weight.

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