1983 Radio Shack catalog PC prices !

B Grace · 05-19-2010, 09:09 PM

Originally posted by JeffJS

The C-64 was my first computer. The computer, the monitor, the tape drive, the disk drive, and a Smith Corona daisy wheel printer.

Which was big stuff compared to my Texas Instruments TI/994A, complete with 16k of on-board RAM (that was a "k" there), cassette drive and 9-inch B&W monitor/TV.

I've found the best office trick to play on the young guys is to simply open a DOS prompt and continue working away as they watch. "Hey, what the h...? Wait a minute... How did you do tha...?" After a few repetitive tasks you become the master of the arrow keys and things really start scrolling. Last fall one of the old timers got out his slide rule to run some calcs and it prompted one of the youngsters to spend her lunch hour searching for slide rule instructions on the Internet. The old days were better than just okay and we did not need windows.

VaughnA · 05-25-2010, 12:34 PM

Mine was a 99.00 kit for a 1K Sinclair ZX-80. I got the big upgrade and got the 16K module about a year later. What a powerhouse. FN+Key for the basic keywords.

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05-19-2010, 09:09 PM	#16
B Grace Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Western Missouri Posts: 429	Originally posted by JeffJS The C-64 was my first computer. The computer, the monitor, the tape drive, the disk drive, and a Smith Corona daisy wheel printer. Which was big stuff compared to my Texas Instruments TI/994A, complete with 16k of on-board RAM (that was a "k" there), cassette drive and 9-inch B&W monitor/TV. I've found the best office trick to play on the young guys is to simply open a DOS prompt and continue working away as they watch. "Hey, what the h...? Wait a minute... How did you do tha...?" After a few repetitive tasks you become the master of the arrow keys and things really start scrolling. Last fall one of the old timers got out his slide rule to run some calcs and it prompted one of the youngsters to spend her lunch hour searching for slide rule instructions on the Internet. The old days were better than just okay and we did not need windows.

05-25-2010, 12:34 PM	#17
VaughnA Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,363	Mine was a 99.00 kit for a 1K Sinclair ZX-80. I got the big upgrade and got the 16K module about a year later. What a powerhouse. FN+Key for the basic keywords.