To: Clint Williams; ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; Swordmaker
Marty's first PC (1986):
SPECIFICATIONS:
| NAME |
Visual Commuter Computer |
| MANUFACTURER |
Visual Technology |
| TYPE |
Luggable Business Computer |
| ORIGIN |
USA |
| YEAR |
1983 |
| LAST RUN |
1986 |
| QUANTITY BUILT |
|
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
MS-DOS 2.11 |
| CPU |
8088 |
| SPEED |
|
| RAM |
512Kb |
| ROM |
|
| TEXT MODES |
16 or 15 line LCD display |
| GRAPHIC MODES |
CGA Color Graphics, Composite video |
| I/O PORTS |
(2) serial, parallel, IBM port |
| POWER SUPPLY |
|
| PRICE |
$999.00, when bundled with monochrome (amber) CRT monitor and Silver-Reed daisywheel printer |
To: martin_fierro
44 posted on
04/02/2011 9:20:25 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: martin_fierro
I remember DAK back in the day, they sold some cool stuff cheap. The early bubble-jet printer for only a couple-hundred dollars rocked!
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