Bits & Bytes was a New Zealand computer magazine which ran from 1982 to 199something. In its early days it had a strong hobbyist flavour, with reviews of all the latest 8 bit home PCs and sections with programmes to type in. I subscribed to it until the early nineties, when I decided it was all IBM PC clones and spreadsheets and had nothing in it for me.
In December 1986 Bits & Bytes published a hardware guide, giving the specs and cost of PCs under $5000. Some of my favourites are included:
- Commodore 64C, $595
- Commodore 128, $995; 128D, $1795
- Amstrad CPC6128, $1495 mono, $1895 colour
- Amstrad PCW8256, $2395
- Polycorp Poly 2 (I used these at school), $2,950
- Commodore Amiga, $4,295
Wow. Cool. See the attached PDF for details!
| Attachment | Size |
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| Hardware_Survey_1986.pdf | 6.37 MB |
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