23 Apr
2002
23 Apr
'02
12:34 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
PC (5150) August 11, 1981
> > Now compare the cost of the 64 to a PC/AT at
the time...
>
> More like the original PC - both came out about the same time - 1982.
> The C-64 was $595 (no disk), the original PC was $2880, 64KB of RAM
> and, also, no disk.
5150 with 16K RAM, no video (+$300 for CGA board) $1360?
disk controller was another $300, ~$900 for IBM's CGA monitor (but CGA
card would connect to composite video, AND had connector for SupRModII RF
modulator)
The PC-AT came
out several years later with a
standard configuration price (including hard disk) of $5K.
August of '81, IIRC. I got my technical reference in March of '82.
Compatibility? Could the PC easily read Commodore 64
diskettes?
No. But LATER Commodore drives COULD do MFM, and therefore write stuff
that the PC could read (with additional software)