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1981 Personal Computer Catalog

Posted by michael on from the old-skool dept.

edibobb writes "I just fired up my scanner and uploaded the 35-page 1981 (+/- 1 year) personal computer catalog from American Small Business Computers. 16K RAM for $22; 10 megabyte hard drive, 5 meg fixed and 5 removeable, with 14-inch platters; 25-character per second printer. Things have changed a bit since then!"

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  1. things have changed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I never had to worry about getting a first post either... .gm

    1. Re:things have changed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And now are you worried that YOU FAILED IT?

  2. Weird.... Al by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're using a 286, don't make me laugh!

    Obviously Weird Al hasn't tried Linux, I bet it'd smoke on one of these machines.

  3. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    catalog27.jpg is the goatse man! AHHHHH MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You sir are my hero, I love you.

    Please connect to irc.pihost.us and join #gnaa

  5. Stuff that matters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think not.

  6. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has any of the mods actually LOOKED at the mirror site? Picture by picture? For instance picture #22 (catalog22.jpg)?

  7. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you. You're so nice, I almost wanna pay my $699 licensing fee.

  8. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AHHHH! MY EYES!

    I thought my retina had been scarred enough by my first viewing of Goatse. Since then I have been lucky enough to only catch glimpses and look away quickly. This time, I was intently peering at what I thought was going to be an old-school daisy wheel printer, and....

  9. Re:A link on swbell.net? Oh, that'll last. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you really are an inspiration
    nice one

  10. The 70's... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I dunno what I hated the most from the 1970's... The disco music, or the moustaches????

  11. which one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    which one's Starsky and which is Hutch?
    Or is that HuggyBear?