On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:39:39 +1200 Peter Glassenbury (CSSE) wrote: > > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Monday 14 August 2006 18:29, Robert Fisher wrote: > >> On Monday 14 August 2006 6:16 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >> Apparently IBM celebrated 25 years since the first personal computer this > >> week. (1981) > > If anyone knows where to get an IBM PC, I would be very interested > for our museum (at the University) Seems we missed out when getting > started as most people have thrown them away
I think I have an XT or AT in storage, but I think that was a little later. I got it from a friend a few years ago for the 5 1/2 inch floppy drive which i needed in order to access one or two disks of a very old software product. You are welcome to it anyway. Would you like a sinclair spectrum for your museum? > > >> Xerox beat them by almost 10 years. > > Not really, the Alto cost US$32,000 ( 1979 money ). > > The processor + disk drive cabinet was the size of a small 'fridge. > > You'd have to be a pretty rich person to have such a thing personally. > > I don't think they sold many commercially. > > I think the "personal computer" part meant that you had one on > your desk at work rather than connect to the company mini/mainframe > Even the IBM PC was $7500 US according to the sales docket at > http://www.vintage-computer.com/ibm_pc.shtml (Scroll down on that page) > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Glassenbury Computer Science dept. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Canterbury > +64 3 3642987 ext 7762 New Zealand -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
