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Originally Posted by rowan
Haha, should have known there was an overpriced product to provide this networking service, rather than a cool hack thought of by some employee. Tandy Electronics was always the dumbed down and expensive store, selling a mix of gadgets, and low level electronic components, but even the small components were always packaged in a pretty plastic and cardboard display box. The packaging for a couple of resistors probably cost more than the actual product, and took up a hell of a lot more space. At another hobbyist store you just popped open a small drawer and took as many as you needed to the counter.
The TRS-80 was pretty cool, though. But expensive.
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Yes Radio Shack was really overpriced on alot of small items. If you wanted resistors, capcacitors and things like that, you paid a fortune. We went to other stores like Adisons and Etco at the time.
Then again, this network gadget sat firmly in a super-vertical market, and, this was before networking of micro computers was even an idea. The TRS-80's had no network adapter of any kind. Only PC's could do it.
For price, the TRS-80 was priced really well. You could get a base model for about $500 and a "loaded" system for about $1100. Apple II's were in a similar price range I think.