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grumpyduck

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5. The Digital Equipment Corp came out with the Rainbow 100

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 11:18 AM

Aug 2023

right around that time too. I bought one thru the employee purchase program. $2300 including software, diskettes, screen wipes, a big box of fanfold paper, and some other stuff. Good machine.

DEC was later bought by Compaq, which was then bought by HP.

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On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 OP

$5150 was just about the price too/ nt bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #1

Back in the day I was an SS-50 bus fan. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2023 #3

IBM employees were in a lottery to buy one at a discount. I was lucky and got one sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #2

April 5, 1982 was my first day working on a computer. Ten Meg. twodogsbarking Aug 2023 #4

The Digital Equipment Corp came out with the Rainbow 100 grumpyduck Aug 2023 #5