Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s

From: Denny (denny_rich_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 04:00:15 -0800

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
[ s n i p ]

There was one in Pittsburgh in a building somewhere near Point Park.
It was on the ground floor. I went in one time only in 1980 or
1981...spotted a copy of "Introduction to Programming", a small
paperback that taught the reader the intricacies of PDP8 assembly
programming. I wanted that to replace one I had lost.

The interesting thing to me was I got the first one free for asking,
in maybe 1968(?). I had to buy the second one. Those wiley marketeers
had stumbled on yet another untapped source of income AND customer
good will!

Literature for sale, Floppys that you could only buy formatted and
couldn't format on your own machine, MMJ jacks and plugs...

Was it maybe in the early 80's that the DEC marketeers began the
takeover?

Hmmm a new thread: marketing mistakes tht contributed to DEC's
demise. I'm sure we all have our favorites!!

regards,

denny