[TUHS] LSX issues and musing
G. Branden Robinson
g.branden.robinson at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 15:09:21 AEST 2022
At 2022-08-03T14:32:10+1000, steve jenkin wrote:
> Price didn’t win the market. IBM’s 5150 was never “cheapest” or
> technically “best” at any time - hence rapid rise of (variable
> quality) clones, built down to a price.
>
> Wikipedia says:
>
> 1978: H11 US$1295 (kit) or US$1595 fully assembled ("4kword base system”)
> display advert
> <http://www.decodesystems.com/heathkit-h11-ad-1.gif>
> $1295 kit + postage/freight, bare system, 8KB
> (4kword), 6 Q-bus slots free. ROM ?
>
> 1981: IBM 5150(PC) US$1,565 for "16 KB RAM, Color Graphics
> Adapter, and no disk drives.”
> ( I only saw 5150’s with 2x 5.25” 360KB floppies
> included - otherwise, can’t run programs & store
> files)
Yeah, you could. You simply didn't store stuff to disks.
You used audio cassette tape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_cassette_tape
Regards,
Branden
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