carlsson
Veteran Member
While searching for something different, I stumbled upon this article originally published in the magazine InfoWorld, March 9 - 1987. Thanks to Google's scanning and indexing, there probably are dozens of similar articles from throughout the 1980's.
http://books.google.com/books?id=zzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38
What strikes me in particular is the table of recommended retail prices, in which the Atari PC seems to have been the cheapest PC XT clone on the market? Indeed it only had 512K and a single 5.25" floppy drive but according to the table it clocked $100 less than more apparent PC clone manufacturers such as Alpha Omega Computer Products, Clone Factory, Eltech Research and all those not even mentioned in this particular article.
It also strikes me the original IBM XT still was at the top end of the price segment, but probably it offerered more in terms of expandability, reliability and of course compatibility. Nobody could really blame IBM for not being compatible with themselves. :-D
http://books.google.com/books?id=zzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38
What strikes me in particular is the table of recommended retail prices, in which the Atari PC seems to have been the cheapest PC XT clone on the market? Indeed it only had 512K and a single 5.25" floppy drive but according to the table it clocked $100 less than more apparent PC clone manufacturers such as Alpha Omega Computer Products, Clone Factory, Eltech Research and all those not even mentioned in this particular article.
It also strikes me the original IBM XT still was at the top end of the price segment, but probably it offerered more in terms of expandability, reliability and of course compatibility. Nobody could really blame IBM for not being compatible with themselves. :-D