saundby
Experienced Member
Imagine it's today's date, but in year 1976. You're thinking about getting your first computer, or talking the folks into getting it for you. What would you ask for?
Budget:
Pick one or more set-ups for what you'd want depending on your budget level, either:
low budget (up to $250),
medium budget (up to $500),
or a huge budget (up to $5000, more than the price of a new car at the time. No doubt you're selling CB radios like hotcakes in your day job!)
Are you a student begging mom and dad for an Elf II or HP-25C? A well off stereo salesman picking up an assembled and tested Pacer? Or a ham who wants to give an SWTPC 6800 kit a try?
What do you want for 1976, and why?
For the chronologically challenged, there are period magazines online that're sure to get you excited about the hottest thing with up to 8K and a full front panel. :!:
Anachronisms should be gently pointed out when found.
And no fair assuming your best buds Steve Wozniak and Seymour Cray both decide to put their company's first computers under (or around) your tree that year. :D
Budget:
Pick one or more set-ups for what you'd want depending on your budget level, either:
low budget (up to $250),
medium budget (up to $500),
or a huge budget (up to $5000, more than the price of a new car at the time. No doubt you're selling CB radios like hotcakes in your day job!)
Are you a student begging mom and dad for an Elf II or HP-25C? A well off stereo salesman picking up an assembled and tested Pacer? Or a ham who wants to give an SWTPC 6800 kit a try?
What do you want for 1976, and why?
For the chronologically challenged, there are period magazines online that're sure to get you excited about the hottest thing with up to 8K and a full front panel. :!:
Anachronisms should be gently pointed out when found.
And no fair assuming your best buds Steve Wozniak and Seymour Cray both decide to put their company's first computers under (or around) your tree that year. :D
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