IBM 5100 (was Re: Preserving history. Was: Re: IBM 1130)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Sep 29 13:43:33 1998

Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com> wrote about the failure (?) of the IBM 5100:

> (the IBM 9830, for example, was about $10K for a similar setup). IBM was
...
> Argh, late night email. That should read HP 9830 was about $10K *less*.

A pretty amazing deal, given that the IBM 5100 was priced under $10K for
a minimal configuration.

My recollection is that the HP 9830 and IBM 5100 were pretty competitively
priced. Both started under 10K and went up fact if you wanted more memory,
a printer, etc.

Eric
Received on Tue Sep 29 1998 - 13:43:33 BST