30 Vintage Technology Ads From Back In The Day That Look Way Overpriced

#1 The Panasonic RX 5500 Stereo for $576 which is about $2000 today

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#2 XCOMP 10 MB hard disk for $3,398

#3 The IBM 5110 computing system for under $18,000

#4 Imsai PC with 10 MB hard disk and an 8-bit microprocessor. Cost of $5,995 in the ’80s

MSAI

#5 The hard disk at 10 MB for $3,495

#6 Spartan Apple II and an emulator for $600

Mimic Systems Inc

#7 A 15 MB massive hard disk drive for $2,495

#8 Bell & Howell 8mm camera cost $207.7

Bell & Howell

#9 Sinclair ZC80 PC at $199.95

#10 Intercooler 3621 with 51k mini-disk drive and 32k RAM. Cost: $3,300

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#11 Emerson Radio Corporation TV set for $599.50. 1949

#12 Phone Mate automatic answering machine for $129.5

#13 Sears portable color TV at $327.88

#14 The JVC’s HR-7300 Vidstar with a built-in video recorder. Cost: $1,280

JVC

#15 Corvus Systems Inc. with a ‘mass storage’ of 1000 MB

Corvus Systems Inc

#16 Westinghouse 242 Big Picture TV for $270 or about $2,700 today

#17 Tandy CT-300 cellular phone for $1,499. 1989

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#18 Coral cellphone by UK’s Telecom at $895

#19 Osborne business computing at $1,795

#20 Ampex FR200 tape transport at base price $2,675

AMPEX

#21 Apple l1 Plus at $1,195 back in 1977

#22 Motorola’s stereo Hi-Fi coffee table for $169.95

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#23 Sears’ 8-digit electronic calculator for almost $100

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#24 256K 1-disk memory PC for $5,000

#25 TRS-80 back in 1977 was sold for $3,450

#26 Betavision video cassette recorder that cost almost $1000

#27 Seagate ST4096 memory hard disk from 80’s at $12,000

#28 Commodore 64K PC for everybody at $600

#29 Sinclair Microvision pocket TV at $395

#30 TRS-80 PC with 32K at $3,874