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Relive the 80's with a period portable computer machine

Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:16 pm
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:16 pm
This cost $1800 in 1983, the equivalent of $4500 today.











Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19713 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:17 pm to
I always like the sound those old keyboards made.
Posted by MoroccoMole
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
334 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:17 pm to
How much is it worth now?
Posted by Langland
Trumplandia
Member since Apr 2014
15382 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:18 pm to
How many apps did it have?
Posted by Ham Solo
Member since Apr 2015
7732 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:19 pm to
If they gave it modern day parts on the inside and a 4k screen I would use it.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
90477 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:19 pm to
Good ole trash 80
Posted by knowingabyss
Vermont
Member since Aug 2016
2700 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:20 pm to
I wouldn't pay $50 for that.
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20462 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:20 pm to
How about a nice game of chess?
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6262 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:22 pm to
Where's the tape deck storage device?
Posted by G Vice
Lafayette, LA
Member since Dec 2006
12923 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:49 pm to
Great post.

My parents gave me a Commodore 64 (64k of memory) back around 1985/6 and that cost a whopping $1,500.

All to play a few games and for typing up reports in the word processor.

I wasn't much of a gamer then and never became one. My mom used it more than me to type up recipes.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
131461 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 11:38 pm to
my first computer classes were on TRS 80's.

we had the old green screen monitors though.

Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20619 posts
Posted on 3/20/17 at 11:42 pm to
My uncle had the Compaq version of that one.



My first one was a Commodore 64 with a tape drive. Upgrading to the disk drive was a big day.
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:44 am to
Could you imagine watching porn on that? There would probably be so much bush and neon, and the girls would be saying things like "tubular", so distracting.
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13668 posts
Posted on 3/21/17 at 8:57 am to
We had a Kaypro 2 growing up.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65862 posts
Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:00 am to
Raytheon Radarange from 1947 which cost $5k then (over $50k in 2017 dollars).

Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:26 am to
Let's play global thermonuclear war
Posted by Cdawg
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 9:49 am to
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20 INPUT A$
30 IF A$="TIGERDROPPINGS" GOTO 100
40 END
100 PRINT "YOU HAVE ACCESS TO LLOTOT NUDES"
110 COLOR 115
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