Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s
From: Jeff Monasch (jeff.monasch_at_hp.com)
Date: 11/25/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:34:04 -0500
Ok so a little history here...
The 'Digital Computer Stores" opened in 1979 with the first one in the Mall
of N.H. It grew to approximately 55 stores in the US before they were closed
down. I worked in the #7 store on the corner of 43rd and Madison Ave in NYC.
At the beginning we sold WS78's with RX01's and LQP01's. You could run OS-8
or COS-310 on them if you wanted to since they were PDP-8's.
WS78's begat the DECmate I, DECmate II, DECmate III and DECmate III+.
Eventually, we also sold PDP-11's with DECtap software.
Regards
"David Powell" <ddotpowell@icuknet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uqm9q05s930faon6u1jkiubcf0s551nt21@4ax.com...
> In article <d0e744c9.0411231910.3ddb521@posting.google.com>,
> leeroth@my-deja.com (Lee Roth) in comp.sys.dec wrote:
>
> >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
> >
>
> They did a trial run somewhat earlier. Clipped from Doug Jones's PDP8
> model list, re PDP8-S :-
>
> "Reason for introduction: This machine was developed as a successful
> exercise in minimizing the cost of the machine, in response to
> a complaint by Ken Olson that the company hadn't gotten the
> price of the PDP-8 down any further, and the vision that someday,
> people ought to be able to buy a desktop PDP-8 for under $10,000.
> <snip>
> By 1967, DEC took the then unusual
> step of offering this machine for off the shelf delivery, with
> one machine stocked in each field office available for retail
> sale."
>
> Regards,
>
> David P.
>
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