Posted on 02/01/2012 8:20:48 PM PST by mamelukesabre
I am trying to find info on 3 different computers. First, the Compaq Desk Pro 386 of 1986...how much did it cost brand new when it was first hit the stores? Second, the same info for the HP Vectra 486 of 1990. And finally, what make of computer offered for sale the very first pentium I 60Mhz computer and what was the model name/number?
Google is your friend… my FRiend :-)
good questions, I’ll check back later to see if anyone has the answers
I did that already. That’s why I’m here now. But thanks for your help anyway.
I remember seeing on PCmag, that a 386 was selling for about $5,000.
I hope that helps.
This site has a lot of archived computer advertisements.
http://www.aresluna.org/attached/computerhistory/ads/international/compaq
I bet you can find the specific models and some may have prices in the ads.
Computerworld of 29th September 1986 lists it at $6499.
I was poor and way behind the technology curve when I bought my used Tandy 386SX with a 33mhz processor, 4MB of RAM and about 100MB of harddrive space. (Windows 3.1) I had to add a 33.6 modem and a sound card to get online. (the ISP felt my pain and send me a floppy with Netscape 1.22, it hadn’t come with a browser).... I think the Pentiums were just on the market. I remember seeing an external CD-burner on sale for something like $999 or the like. Amazing how that price dropped.
lol.
$6,499!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how much is that in 2012 dollars?
Infoworld, 23rd April 1990, says $18,296.
Where are you getting these figures? I havn’t been able to find diddly on the internet.
I know Gateway had a Pentium I at 60Mhz, my company got them for all electronic shops when they first came out. Don't know if it was the first though.
I was using a third hand commodore colt(IBM PC copy) with an 8088 CPU and a 4th hand IBM monochrome amber monitor in the early 90s. It had a hard drive, floppy drive and modem, but couldn’t run windows. I used it for wordperfect and quattro pro.
My first Goldstar 286 pc had a 20 meg HD. Today that would fit about 4 mp3s. I paid $2000. :)
My first Goldstar 286 pc had a 20 meg HD. Today that would fit about 4 mp3s. I paid $2000. :)
HP Vectra 486 information.
. I'm in Australia so the links are to the Australian version which I use by default for searches.
Sorry - wrong link for the 486 Vectra
If it’s any help at all my 386 DX40 was about 1400 in 1991. A 486 SX36 2 years earlier would have probably been about 2500 to 3000.
except for the brand name system, you’ll never get an answer. When I built my first system for my self (vs an 8086 at work) a 386 dx, the hard drive and memory were 30% of the price. a scsi card and 500mb drive were ~ $500 and the 1/2meg ram and everx 16bit card was another $500.
The first pc i played with a tandy trs-80 with 64k and duel 5.4” floppy (’78-79) was over $10k then.
Since my dad died just before turkey day, been thinking about trying to find his 4004 hexadecimal system.
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