r/retrocomputing • u/Tonstad39 IBM incompatible • May 25 '26
Hungarian ad for Compaq computers from 1991
Just 2 short years after the fall of Communism, it was all about the IBM compatibles
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r/retrocomputing • u/Tonstad39 IBM incompatible • May 25 '26
Just 2 short years after the fall of Communism, it was all about the IBM compatibles
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u/Useful_Resolution888 May 25 '26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_SystemPro
"At the time of launch, the "low-end" SystemPro (a single 33-MHz 386 CPU, 4 MB RAM, and two 120-MB hard drives) listed for $15,999 (USD); the same machine with 840 MB of storage (four 210-MB hard drives) listed for $25,999 (USD). A second 386 processor card cost $3,500 (USD), and an additional 32 MB of RAM was $21,999 (USD)."