Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Pat, I don’t recall if I’ve told you this but I worked for Tandy in the 1970s. People know Tandy as Radio Shack. I used to take a computer in 1977, strap it into the passenger seat, and head to shows, schools, corporations and even TV appearances. I would often compete with the Apple dealer.

Working near the enormous IBM in Poughkeepsie NY, I sold tons of personal computers TO IBM and to IBMers years before they came out with their own personal computer in 1981.


My first computer was a Tandy 1000 SX... it had:

one 5.25" floppy drive. (I upgraded to 2 so I could copy stuff)

8088 CPU running at 7.16 MHz.

640 Kb (not megs, not gigs, not Tb) of ram

no hard drive. I bought a 500 gig HD card for $500...

Monitor was monochrome green.

GWBasic! I loved that!

In the days before the internet there was PCLink, and you paid by the minute to be online. I once ran up a $200 bill because I didn't realize I was being charged. Glad those days are long gone!

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