I received one of these from parents when I finished the 8th grade in 1980. I think they got the base model though with 4KB of ram, it was "only" $999. I recorded programs onto a cassette tape. Fun!

An advertisement showing a computer from 1980 with a black and white screen and a keyboard built into the case.
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Yeah well some genius back then was telling us no one needs more than 640k. Now he's telling us AI will wipe our asses by 2028.

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