Time machine · 44 years ago

Computers in 1982

6 computers in the atlas launched in 1982: NEC PC-9801, Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, Dragon 32, Timex Sinclair 1000, Pravetz 82. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 128 KB (NEC PC-9801); a 2025 flagship phone has 65,536× that.

$3,251what $1,000 in 1982 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
65,536×more memory in today's phone than 1982's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1982
8.2 million×memory growth expected since 1982 from the catalogue trend

Launched in 1982

NEC PC-9801NEC · 128 KB · 5 MHz¥298,000Commodore 64Commodore · 64 KB · 1 MHz$595 → $1,930 todaySinclair ZX Spectrum 48KSinclair Research · 48 KB · 3.5 MHz£175Dragon 32Dragon Data · 32 KB · 0.89 MHz£199.5Timex Sinclair 1000Timex · 2 KB · 3.25 MHz$99.95 → $320 todayPravetz 82Pravetz · 48 KB · 1 MHz

Also on sale around 1982

Atari 800Atari · 8 KB · 1.79 MHz$999 → $4,320 todayTRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)Tandy / Radio Shack · 4 KB · 0.89 MHz$399 → $1,520 todaySinclair ZX80Sinclair Research · 1 KB · 3.25 MHz£99.95Commodore VIC-20Commodore · 5 KB · 1.02 MHz$299.95 → $1,040 todaySinclair ZX81Sinclair Research · 1 KB · 3.25 MHz£69.95BBC Micro Model BAcorn · 32 KB · 2 MHz£335IBM PC (5150)IBM · 16 KB · 4.77 MHz$1,565 → $5,400 todayTI-99/4ATexas Instruments · 16 KB · 3 MHz$525 → $1,810 today
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