Computers Manufactured in 1986

From: Torquil MacCorkle III <torquil_at_rockbridge.net>
Date: Tue Apr 2 00:38:24 2002

What about systems with ethernet. I'd prefer a medium between massive
power-suckers and portables... like say, desktops :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Computers Manufactured in 1986


> > Pardon the ignorance here,
> >
> > But which would you guys consider to be the most modernly functional
one
> > of the 1986 bunch?
> >
> > (What I am trying to do together here is get a setup of only stuff made
in
> > 1986.... It'd be neat to have a system exactly the same age as me :))
> >
> In 1986 the computer I really wanted bad was a Toshiba T3100 laptop -- 286
processor, 10 MB hard drive and world's first plasma
> display (I think). Cost $3,400 in 1986, but you can get one on eBay today
for around 10 bucks or so. For example:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2013655798
>
> As far as non-minis go, this was the best of the best at the time, and
arguably the most "modern."
>
> -W
>
> P.S. I waited 2 years and ended up with a T5100 with a 386/16 and monster
40 MB hard drive -- well worth the wait and the 5 grand
> (particularly as my employer paid for it)!
>
Received on Tue Apr 02 2002 - 00:38:24 BST

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