In 1980, computers were somewhat odd in the people mind or life; for most of us, a computere was certainly more a SF concept than a tool or an usual object.
In this page I will try to gather some of the information about this holly period, and I start with a the list of all the machines I have had or still have.

1980-1982: TI-57

TI processor.
RAM: 50 instructions, 7 memory slots.
Assembly instruction set.
Price: 100 €

Casio FX702-P

6809 at ?KHz.
RAM: 1.6 Kbytes.
Integrated Casio BASIC.
20 characters LCD display

Casio PB700

6809 at ?KHz.
RAM: 2.8 Kbytes.
4 lines of 20 characters LCD display
Graphics mode: 160×32
Integrated BASIC.

Sharp PC 1500

LH-5801 8-bit at ? KHz.
RAM: 2 or 8 Kbytes.
26 characters LCD display
Graphics mode: 156×7
Integrated BASIC and assembler.

Hewlett Packard HP41CV

CMOS HP SOS Nut.
RAM: 32.5 Kbytes.
12 characters LCD alphanumeric display

1983: Texas Instrument TI99/4A

TI TMS9900 at 3MHz.
RAM: 16 Kbytes.
Integrated BASIC.
Optionnal Extended aBASC with sprites, hardware scrolling support.
192×256, 16 color graphics
Price: 600 €

1984: Thomson TO-7

6809e 8-bit at 1 MHz.
RAM: 8 Kbytes.
TV monitor, 320×200, 8 colors
Built-in light pen
Integrated Microsoft BASIC 1.0; additional LOGO, FORTH and Assembler.
Additional 5"1/4 floppy drive
Price : 600€, won at a computer software contest in 1984.
Visit Nostalgies Thomsonistes for more on the thomson TO7, including emulators for Mac or PC, etc... (in french).

1986: Victor VPC II

Victor Technology VPC II
8086 at 4.57 KHz.
14" CRT green screen, form factor: 4:3
Hercules Graphics Card 800 × 600 Green/black
RAM: 64 Kbytes.
5"1/4 floppy drive 180kb
No Hard drive
MS-DOS.
Price: 2.300 €

1990: Tetratek 386 DX 33

TetraTek
80386 at 33 MHz.
14" CRT green screen, form factor: 4:3
SVGA 800 × 600 color
RAM: 8 Mbytes.
5"1/4 floppy drive 180kb
MS-DOS.
Windows 2.1
Price: 4.500 €

1992: Asian Notebook

Notebook
386 at ?MHz.
12" B&W LCD, form factor: 4:3
Graphics Card 640 × 480 16-bit
RAM: ? Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
HD: ?Mb
MS-DOS
Windows 3.x
Price: 1.600 €

1994: IBM ThinkPad 350

IBM ThinkPad 350 notebook, 13 aug. 1994
486 SX at 25MHz.
12" B&W LCD, form factor: 4:3
Graphics Card 640 × 480 16-bit
RAM: ? Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
2"1/2 HD 128 Mb
MS-DOS
Windows 3.x
Price: 2.133 €

1996: Pentium 133 MHz

Little Nemo: Asian Pentium minitower on ?/?/1996
Pentium 1 at 133MHz.
14" color CRT, form factor: 4:3
Graphics Card ? × ? ?-bit
RAM: ? Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
3"1/2 HD ?Gb
Marcel: Seagate 3"1/2 HD 8,6 Gb, on 7/8/1999
MS-DOS
Windows 3.x
Price: 1.400 €

1999: Comtech Pentium 3

Nemo: Asian Pentium minitower, on 20/11/1999
Pentium 3 at 450 MHz.
14" color CRT, form factor: 4:3
Graphics Card Creative GeForce 32Mb AGP ? × ? 32-bit
RAM: 128 Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
Roger: seagate 3"1/2 HD 10,2 Gb, on 20/11/1999
Ernest: 3"1/2 HD 20Gb, in 2000
Giordano: 3"1/2 HD 80Gb, in 2002
MS-DOS
Windows 3.x
Price: 1.400 €

2000: Dell Inspiron 5500

Dell Inspiron 5500 notebook on ?/?/2000
Pentium 3 at ?GHz.
15" LCD, form factor: 4:3
3D Graphics Card ? × ? 24-bit, 128Mb
RAM: 128 Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
CD-ROM
MS-DOS
Windows 2000
Price: 1.700 €

2003: Dell Inspiron 8500

Dell Inspiron 8500 notebook on ?/?/2003
Pentium 4 at 1GHz.
17" LCD, form factor: 16:10
3D Graphics Card 1920 × 1200 32-bit
RAM: 512 Mbytes.
3"1/2 floppy drive
CD-RW
MS-DOS
Windows XP
Price: 1.700 €

March 2005: Apple iMac G5

Pasquale: Apple iMac G5 20" on ?/03/2005
G5 64-bit at 1.8 GHz.
RAM: 1 Gbytes.
Pasquale: Maxtor 3"1/2 HD 250Gb serial ATA (Maxtor 7Y250M0)
20" LCD screen, form factor: 16:10, 1680 × 1050
Bluetooth2, Wifi, all wireless
Mac OS X: Panther, Tiger.
Price: 2.500 €

September 2005: Apple iBook G4

Georgiou: Apple iBook G4 on ?/09/2005
G4 32-bit at 1.8 GHz.
RAM: 512 Mbytes.
Georgiou: 2"1/2 HD, 80Gb
12" LCD screen, form factor: 4:3,
Bluetooth2, Wifi, all wireless
Mac OS X: Tiger.
Price: 1.300 €

May 2006: Apple MacBook Intel Core Duo

AngelAntonio: Apple MacBook Intel Core Duo on ?/05/2006
Intel CoreDuo at 1.83 GHz.
RAM: 1Gbytes.
AngelAntonio: 2"1/2 HD, 80Gb
13" LCD screen, form factor: 16:10
Bluetooth2, Wifi, all wireless
Mac OS X: Tiger.
Price: 1.200 €