Gemini Micro Advert - July 1983
From Personal Computer World
Galaxy 2 Computer System - Whatever requirements you have
This advert for the British-made Galaxy 2, from Gemini Microcomputers of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, seemed to have been around for ever - in fact the spec of twin Z80A processors with twin 400K 5.25" floppies running CP/M on an 80-Bus motherboard (with two free slots) wasn't that disimilar to machines several years older than it.
Nor was it that disimilar to the Galaxy 1, which had come out the previous year and which was based on Gemini's even-earlier multiboard system[1]. It did, however, offer the software package "QUIBS", which was developed especially for the Galaxy.
Also available was the Galaxy 3 - with a 5.4Mb Winchester for £2,500 - about £9,900 in 2024
The Galaxy 2 retailed for £1,720 - about £6,810 in 2024 money. The "SASI" mentioned in the advert had been developed by the famous Shugart disk company in 1979. It was the forerunner of SCSI - an interface popular with "more serious" micros.
The Galaxy 3 was also available at around the same time. For £2,500 - about £9,900 in 2024 - the system came complete with a 5.4Mb Winchester hard disk. That's a premium of £1,005, or £3,980 now - about £755,000 a gigabyte.
Date created: 12 November 2014
Sources
Text and otherwise-uncredited photos © nosher.net 2024. Dollar/GBP conversions, where used, assume $1.50 to £1. "Now" prices are calculated dynamically using average RPI per year.
