DEC retail stores in the 1980s

From: Lee Roth (leeroth_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 19:10:34 -0800

Speaking of retail... in the pre-PC era...

Anyone remember the DEC retail stores? A few of these
stores appeared about the time that the "Super Trio" of
systems all appeared in the same form-factor boxes:

 The Rainbow (8088/Z80) - http://tinyurl.com/6hc4f
 The Professional (PDP11-based) - http://tinyurl.com/4ftfn
 DECmate II (PDP8-on-a-chip based) - http://tinyurl.com/6eksz

I think all of the stores folded up within a year of opening-
how many stores were there (at max) and what cities were they
in?

As I recall the stores only wanted to deal with the above
3 systems and supporting accessories - if you tried to walk
in and buy a VT100 they turned you away.

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