Manufacturer: Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan) YEAR: 1987 Initial Price: $5899 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Reference: PC-4500 Processor: Nec V40 at 7.16 MHz or equivalent (compatible with i80188) Memory: 256 KB or 640 KB RAM expandable to 1.6 MB Including 1 MB of EMS memory Display: CGA compatible monochrome LCD display (Backlit on models 4502…
Toshiba 300 CDS Mint Condition
Year: 1997 Initial Price : $2999 Laptop Model TOSHIBA 300 CDS CPU Pentium 166 MMX RAM 32 MB EDO Hard Disk 2.1 GB Graphic Card SVGA/VGA compatible, dual display mode, PCI bus. Video Memory 2 MB Screen 12.1″ TFT CD-ROM 16X Floppy 1.44 MB, 3.5″ Mouse Serial 3-buttons mouse Sound Card 16 Bit stereo,…
TOSHIBA T3100e
YEAR: 1986 INITIAL PRICE: 6899 USD T3100e was a laptop manufactured by Toshiba and released in 1986. It featured a 20 MB hard drive, 12 MHz Intel 80286, 1mB RAM and a monochrome 9.6″ gas-plasma display with a resolution of up to 640×400 pixels. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Five versions ever existed: The T3100 had a…
HP 1000CX (MS-DOS 5.0)
Year: 1995 The HP 1000CX has an Intel 80186 compatible embedded CPU named “Hornet”, which runs at ~7.91 Mhz and has 1, 2 or 4 MB of memory, of which 640 KB is RAM and the rest can be used for expanded memory (EMS) or memory-based storage space. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Being IBM PC/XT compatible and running MS-DOS…
Dolch PAC 486
YEAR:1995 INITIAL PRICE: $9000 “Dolch Computer Systems Inc, San Jose, California expects to be the first to market with an 80486-based luggable computer: the new Dolch PAC 486-25 weighs just under 20 lbs, comes with three AT slots, and sells for $13,000 ($23.099 in 2019) with 100Mb hard disk and 640 by 400 CGA-compatible…
Olivetti Echos 44 Color (1st Best Design Award)
YEAR: 1993 INITIAL PRICE: $4.297 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK The Olivetti Echos 44 Color is a personal computer (PC) made by the Italian company Olivetti, designed by Michele De Lucchi. Thanks to the special design, the computer has won several design awards, including the MAU Industrial Design Award-Selezione and Compasso D’Oro-Selezione, ADI. It was built…
IBM ThinkPad 701CS (a.k.a. the Butterfly)
Initial Price: ? Year:1995 Once opened, the keyboard on the 701C (nicknamed the Butterfly ) extends past the chassis sides to give you the largest and most comfortable keyboard in its class. But when you turn on the unit, what really pops out is the impressive 10.4-inch display. Our review unit sported a TFT (thin-film…
iMac G3
YEAR: 1998 Initial Price: $1299 The iMac G3 is a line of personal computers developed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from 1998 to 2003. Noted for its innovative design via the use of translucent and brightly colored plastics, it was the first consumer-facing Apple product to debut under the recently returned interim CEO…
The Macintosh 128K
Year: 1984 Initial Price: 2495 US Dollars The Macintosh 128K, originally released as the Apple Macintosh, is the original Apple Macintosh personal computer. Its beige case consisted of a 9 in (23 cm) CRT monitor and came with a keyboard and mouse. A handle built into the top of the case made it easier for the…
Compaq Contura 425
YEAR:1993 Initial Price: $3400 With the introduction of the INTEL 80486 processors back in 1989, COMPAQ equipped its Contura “All-in-One” notebook series 2820 with these faster chips. Also the 80486 had a mathematical co-processor integrated in the CPU. 4/25[Specifications] i486SX-S (SL enhanced 486SX) running at 25MHz passive matrix gray scale VGA display, 16 shades (640×480) high resolution,…
The X86 Generation 