Tandy $2999 computer, circa 1985

**RobF** · 12-23-2008, 09:36 PM

**Kartracer** · 12-23-2008, 09:46 PM

"...leased for only $105 per month"

**RobF** · 12-23-2008, 09:48 PM

start at $2999, that was probably with no disk drive, no monitor, no nothing!

**Euroski** · 12-23-2008, 09:49 PM

Back in 1988 I payed over $600 for a 20meg hard drive for my Tandy!

**Denny <><** · 12-23-2008, 09:55 PM

Still have ours up in the attic. Has a 286 processor, running at 10 megahertz, 20 meg hard drive.
First one out with a 3-1/2 in. floppy.

**SUPAJAY** · 12-23-2008, 10:05 PM

I still have new expansion packs for my 80s IBM

They look like 2x4s and were 2mb of ram each !!

Anyone know what im talking about ?

**Way2slow on H2O** · 12-23-2008, 10:40 PM

I'm guilty of buying one, slapped the plastic, $3684.54 out the door with a software bundle, dot matrix printer and a few games like "Wheel of Fortune". Before I got it paid off it was obsolete, lmao!!! Been that way ever since, buy it, make monthly payments, and before the last payment it's either tired or so outdated no new software is compatible.

Ronnie

**mragu** · 12-23-2008, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by RobF

Did you cut that ad out of an old Playboy?

**Miss Isle** · 12-23-2008, 11:57 PM

what's funny is, everybody is complaining here about the cost of budding technology, and hasn't said a word about their decreasing technology increase in that new Caddillac that you just shelled out nearly 50K to drive that has not produced 10% of the efficiencey increase that computers have in the same amount of time.

**GDM** · 12-24-2008, 12:04 AM

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back in the day i had the adam computer

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**pyro** · 12-24-2008, 02:58 AM

When I was a kid, I had a Tandy 1000 with the keyboard built into the main unit, with an additional external drive and monitor with 4-color graphics. I think they were based on the 8086 or 8088 processor.

**Scream And Fly** · 12-24-2008, 05:44 AM

Rob, that's great! It's no secret that I'm a vintage computer geek, so this made my day.

When I was a kid, my Atari 800XL kept me company during the cold NY winters. Man, good times - playing Defender and Miner 2049er after school and ice hockey. I was late to the PC game though - I used an Amiga 500 for a while before finally getting a Pentium PC in 1995.

My latest addition is this new-old-stock Atari 1200XL. USA-made model too, extremely rare in new condition.

**INXS** · 12-24-2008, 07:56 AM

Had to wait about a yr and a half but it's a very good unit!

Nice havng a neighbor that values $ as much as I do!

Oh I did have to buy the virus protection for about $40!

**Kartracer** · 12-24-2008, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by Miss Isle

what's funny is, everybody is complaining here about the cost of budding technology, and hasn't said a word about their decreasing technology increase in that new Caddillac that you just shelled out nearly 50K to drive that has not produced 10% of the efficiencey increase that computers have in the same amount of time.

I was thinking the same thing. I was going to compare it to the cost of living.