Comments on: Tandy 5000 MC Professional System http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: casemods http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-51921 casemods Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:26:49 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-51921 I've been meaning to upgrade my computer. I’ve been meaning to upgrade my computer.

]]> By: BigBoote66 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-16713 BigBoote66 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:04:26 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-16713 It may not be fake, but it's not "real" either; a Mac II in 1987 WITH a 20MB hard drive running at 16Mhz was "only" $5500 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_II), and there's no way a Tandy was ever more than a Mac. In any case, notice something? No dollar signs. This site ( http://www.johnpap.net/not-en/ypoEnArxh/RadioShackTandy5000MC.htm ) mentions that the ad came from a South African magazine. In 1990, one dollar bought you 2.5 Rand, so the price in dollars was around $3400. Add the fact computer hardware was already marked up when sold overseas, the price for this computer at that time in the U.S. was probably between $2500 and $3000. Nobody ever paid US$8500 for this system. It may not be fake, but it’s not “real” either; a Mac II in 1987 WITH a 20MB hard drive running at 16Mhz was “only” $5500 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_II), and there’s no way a Tandy was ever more than a Mac. In any case, notice something? No dollar signs. This site ( www.johnpap.net/not-en/ypoEnArxh/RadioShackTandy5000MC.htm ) mentions that the ad came from a South African magazine. In 1990, one dollar bought you 2.5 Rand, so the price in dollars was around $3400. Add the fact computer hardware was already marked up when sold overseas, the price for this computer at that time in the U.S. was probably between $2500 and $3000. Nobody ever paid US$8500 for this system.

]]> By: MaiNiaCMicHaeL http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-15064 MaiNiaCMicHaeL Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:24:46 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-15064 That is a real article, buddy of mine still has a few of the old Tandy Catalogs. I'll if i can find ya a good one. That is a real article, buddy of mine still has a few of the old Tandy Catalogs. I’ll if i can find ya a good one.

]]> By: DexX http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-14902 DexX Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:44:03 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-14902 Yeah, 386s started to get affordable in the early 90s - I remember at university in 1992 all my friends with financially stable parents were buying Osborne 386 packages (around the 33MHz mark as I recall) for a few thousand. Three years earlier, I can believe the 386 was bleedin edge and therefore very very expensive. Yeah, 386s started to get affordable in the early 90s – I remember at university in 1992 all my friends with financially stable parents were buying Osborne 386 packages (around the 33MHz mark as I recall) for a few thousand. Three years earlier, I can believe the 386 was bleedin edge and therefore very very expensive.

]]> By: StrangerThanFiction http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-14876 StrangerThanFiction Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-14876 Actually that's about right. The 286 was prevalent until about the end of 90 for home users. A 386 was still really only available for high end business use and would of been very expensive. Also the systems you refer to I believe only ran in the 12-16mhz range and probably only came with a mb of ram. The difference may sound minimal but was night and day in practice. Believe me I exploded universes in tradewars (the ancient bbsers will know what I'm talking about here) on both a 286 12 and a 386 20 and the difference was almost an hour. /feels old Actually that’s about right. The 286 was prevalent until about the end of 90 for home users. A 386 was still really only available for high end business use and would of been very expensive.

Also the systems you refer to I believe only ran in the 12-16mhz range and probably only came with a mb of ram. The difference may sound minimal but was night and day in practice. Believe me I exploded universes in tradewars (the ancient bbsers will know what I’m talking about here) on both a 286 12 and a 386 20 and the difference was almost an hour.

/feels old

]]> By: LordOpie http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/comment-page-1/#comment-14871 LordOpie Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:11:50 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/01/14/tandy-5000-mc-professional-system/#comment-14871 That's gotta be fake, yeah? Cuz you could get a Mac Plus or SE for a third that price back then. I remember my brother being able to afford a MacPlus on first release and he didn't have some high paying job. That’s gotta be fake, yeah? Cuz you could get a Mac Plus or SE for a third that price back then. I remember my brother being able to afford a MacPlus on first release and he didn’t have some high paying job.

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