Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s

From: Dave Mitton (dmitton_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 03:03:34 GMT

"John Vottero" <John@mvpsi.com> wrote:

>"Lee Roth" <leeroth@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>news:d0e744c9.0411231910.3ddb521@posting.google.com...
>> 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.
>
>There was one in Columbus, Ohio that was open long before the
>Rainbow/Pro/DECMate II were released. I remember going in there to look at
>PDP-11 and PDP-8 (DECmate I) systems.
>
>I heard a story (I don't know if it's true), that Dan Bricklin went into one
>of these stores to see about buying a computer. He didn't like something (I
>don't know what) so he left and bought an Apple II and wrote VisiCalc.

There was a Digital retail store in Central Square, Cambrige, MA.
Toscanni's Ice Cream occupies that location now.

Dave.

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