Ooph

DaWei

Hell, that's far more modern than my original, home-built personal PC.

__________________
Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code.
Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

lectricpharaoh

Chisel and a slab of granite?

__________________
And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper-piece harlot.
- Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Jabo

My first pc was a Tandy 1000, unless you consider atari a pc.

bigguy

It's amazing to see how far we come, in a little over 2 decades. Especially the prices.

__________________
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it. - Mark Twain

Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation.

Sil3ncer7

My grand parents have a TANDY!!! Thats badass...

__________________
Slowly but surly trying to learn C#, SQL, VB.Net, and wondering if a tornado crosses the equator if it spins backwards....

lectricpharaoh

With the 'new for 89' tag, it's closer to three decades, but yeah, it's pretty impressive that the technology has advanced so much. Pity the average user just seems to get stupider as time goes on, though.
I'm not sure, but I'd imagine that's in some other currency than US or Canadian dollars, because even in 1989, computers weren't that expensive.

__________________
And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper-piece harlot.
- Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

DaWei

Yes, they were that expensive, with 2 MB of RAM. In that year I paid over $5000 for a PC's Limited (Dell) 386-16 with ONE Mb of RAM. Depending on form factor, memory could run as much as $400 per Mb. The size of the HD (not mentioned) would also severely impact the price in that timeframe, as would the VGA graphics. Further, PageMaker was an expensive document processor (not the same thing as a word processor).

__________________
Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code.
Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Jabo

I paid 2500 for my 1000. I don't know the specs, but it was a lot slower than the 5000 i'm sure.

DaWei

The Tandy 1000 was a not-quite-compatible IBM clone with 128 K memory (expandable to 640K). Graphics were EGA. It had no hard drive, and cost, originally, $1000.

Various later models, identified with suffixes like EX, HD, etc., added additional capabilities, at higher prices. These models lasted long enough to move from the 8088 to the 80286, and reached clock speeds of 10 Mhz.

__________________
Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code.
Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers