Time machine · 46 years ago

Computers in 1980

2 computers in the atlas launched in 1980: TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo), Sinclair ZX80. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 8 KB (Commodore PET 2001); a 2025 flagship phone has 1 million× that.

$3,807what $1,000 in 1980 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
1 million×more memory in today's phone than 1980's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1980
16.9 million×memory growth expected since 1980 from the catalogue trend

Launched in 1980

TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)Tandy / Radio Shack · 4 KB · 0.89 MHz$399 → $1,520 todaySinclair ZX80Sinclair Research · 1 KB · 3.25 MHz£99.95

Also on sale around 1980

Apple IApple · 4 KB · 1 MHz$666.66 → $3,680 todayApple IIApple · 4 KB · 1 MHz$1,298 → $6,720 todayCommodore PET 2001Commodore · 8 KB · 1 MHz$795 → $4,120 todayTRS-80 Model ITandy / Radio Shack · 4 KB · 1.77 MHz$599.95 → $3,110 todayAtari 800Atari · 8 KB · 1.79 MHz$999 → $4,320 today
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