Laskys 1984 sales brochure and price list.

Thanks Seb, I love these old brochures.

ah, the BBC Acorn computer, I remember it being wheeled on its desk/trolley into the class for the first time. Then wheeled out and into the next class then the next class etc cos it was the school computer

Your'e more than welcome Nak D. Glad that people like yourself enjoy them as much as I do.

Hey smeats; your school computer was relatively advanced!  Ours was an ancient Reaserch Machines (R.M.) 380z.  None of us mere mortals were allowed within three feet of it!!

I think they probably did dim Nick! I wonder if 380z's were sold to many schools? An 8" floppy ehh! That must have cost a pretty penny! I  used 8" floppies when I first started work back in 86, they, along with the PDP11 mainframe they were used with were out-dated then! 

At the firm where i did my apprenticeship we had an IBM system 36 mainframe running MAAPICS. I have no idea why i remember that but thanks for helping to reassure me that i dont have alzheimers yet. 

Agreed, nice one Seb.

Thanks Retro

Well I never! We used System 36 and MAAPICS when I worked for B.I.C.C. inn 1990! That takes me back!

Cripes VCRs were damned expensive back in the 80's!!

Oh and I remember using a computer back at school that was programmed with those cards with holes in...seems hilarious these days

Thanks for more nostalgic gems Seb

great upload Seb,interesting to see one of the most expensive vcr`s was a Ferguson,i bet their boomboxes werent so pricey,

i always rember our first vcr complete with "tripwire remote control"

aye the tripwire    i remember my dad buying a ferguson video star at around £500 in the mid seventies 

My Dad did not think we needed a VCR so every few months we rented one for the weekend along with a few tapes from the shop around the corner! I remember Lasky's well; I think they were a little higher up the chain than Dixons but not so good a Rumbellows! The stuff they sold was not great but at least it wasn't Matsui and Saisho garbage. We had Lewis's department store in Leicester where they sold middle to high end stuff and some great HiFi shops where my love affair with audio blossomed.

Good post Seb. Thanks.

Cheers Si. VCR's were hideously expensive back then. The only reason we had one is because my parents won it in a Christmas raffle!  It was a Sanyo VTC-5000 Betamax, would have cost £299 back in 1983 so a really lucky win!

More useful than a speed boat to most people too! Good old Bullseye!

Cheers Bison;I think the Ferguson boomboxes were very cheap and cheerfull but the Videostars were re-badged JVC's. ence the price!

Yeah those Bullseye prizes were a bit crap! My love affair with audio blossomed in a similar way to yours! Started off with a Sharp boom box and looking longingly into the windows of local Hifi shops and turned into the mad hobby I have now!

I'm quite a big fan of Toshiba boxes; I'm glad you managed to replace your first machine.

I never get tired of these Seb...

Cheers Brutus; you never know I may find more!