{"id":151,"date":"2010-05-16T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T03:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/?p=151"},"modified":"2010-05-16T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T03:15:01","slug":"radio-shacks-1986-electronic-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/radio-shacks-1986-electronic-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Shack’s 1986 electronic book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radio Shack’s 1986 electronic book<\/a>: “\"\" Here’s a 1986 ad for Radio Shack’s ‘Electronic Book,’ which connected to your computer’s joystick port, and the interacted with software supplied on a cassette or disk. The peripheral cost $24.95, and new titles were $19.95 to $24.95 — so the hardware prices have increased tenfold (unadjusted for inflation) in 25 years, while media costs have actually decreased.<\/p>\n

Radio Shack 1986<\/a><\/p>\n

Now there’s my book reader!!<\/em><\/div>\n


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\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

“<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Via Boing Boing<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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