Old Radioshack Computer Ads

Written by: Alan Parekh at 5:57 am. Filed under Other

Little did Bill know then how much money could be made selling his software. Click on the ad for a larger image then marvel at the wonderful looking screen of the first Windows

“We’re proud of our work. So when we want to show someone how great MS-Windows really is, we give them a demonstration. On the Tandy 2000.”

Interesting how pricing hasn’t changed much in the personal computer industry. Processing power, memory and storage is a different story. I get a kick out of the system names, “Sweet 16″ and “Breakthru”. I find it amazing how much could be done with so little back then.

“TRS-80 “Breakthru”
* TRS-80 microcomputer
* 12″ video display
* Professional keyboard
* Power supply
* Cassette tape recorder
* 4K RAM, Level-I Basic
* 232-page manual
* 2 game cassettes”

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2 Responses to “Old Radioshack Computer Ads”

Anthony Albert Says:
September 30th, 2006
Prices have come down, somewhat, too, thank goodness.

When the TRS-80 Model I ad was published, you could get 170KB disk drives for about US$1100. This was a lot of storage, but you could also get the 5MB or 10MB hard drives for about US$3000-5000 at the same time, if you really needed a lot of storage.

Not counting the more effective buying power of 1980′s dollars, that same $1100 will buy you about 4TB of storage (Sep, 2006, 10x400GB SATA). I make the point that this is, proportionally, far more storage than is needed by most people, and thus, the proportional price for “reasonable” amounts of storage has dropped.
Richard Burke Says:
February 10th, 2011
Mr. Albert,

I have been trying to find your email address. I am interested in an IDE/CF combination for my TRS-80 Model 4 and Model 1. I saw on another post, if I understood correctly, that you have designed one or are designing one. I would be happy to pay for such a device or the information needed to build one, though I am only an intermediate hobbyist. Please contact me at your convenience – rpbcomm@gmail.com or 503-970-1876. Thanks!