24 Jul
2015
24 Jul
'15
8:38 a.m.
I have some slides of the IBM Customer Center from 1980, recently
scanned and I need to put them online. Yes, you could buy things like
system 36/38, Displaywriters, typewriters, printers, etc. Just before
the IBM PC. By 1980 the portable 5100 was not present, but I am sure
you could buy a 5100 from a customer center in 1975. Good point. I
think the original poster was referring to one of the first
independent microcomputer stores. There is a huge bias assumption
towards "first [micro]computer" whatever, conveniently ignoring the
huge volume of mini and mainframes sold at the same time.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Stefan Skoglund
<stefan.skoglund at agj.net> wrote:
tor 2015-07-23 klockan 13:11 -0400 skrev Murray
McCullough:
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Bill
vintagecomputer.net
A momentus event happened 40 years ago around
this time, July 1975,
the world's first computer store opened in West Los Angeles, called
Arrow Head Computer Store, tag-lined, 'The Computer Store'. It was
opened by Dick Heiser. How time has flown by!
Murray :)
Doesn't IBM's showroom in New York City counts ?
I think it was possible to walk in there and strike a deal for an 360 !
The salesmen force and Thomas Watson was upstairs.