Southwest Technical Products Corporation AC-30/6800 flyer
YEAR: late 1970's
ITEM: Marketing Material
COMPANY: Southwest Technical Products Corporation
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
IN OUR COLLECTION: Yes
Flyer for Southwest Technical Products Corporation showing their AC-30 cassette interface on the front and their 6800 computer system on the back. Three-hole punched, margins suggest that it was printed off-center for that intention.
Long before there were memory sticks or hard drives or floppies you had to key in your programs by hand. Of course, if you were lucky, you could store your programs on a cassette tape. As the ad says, "Been looking for a practical way to input and dump programs to your computer? Well your search is over." The AC-30 let you control two audio cassette recorders independently...if you were wealthy enough to have splurged for two audio cassette recorders!
The reverse side of the flyer is an ad for the 6800 computer and uses humour to describe the experience of owning an SWTPC 6800 computer.
If you know the location of another Southwest Technical Products Corporation AC-30/6800 flyer, please let us know by contacting us at Director@TheComputerChurch.com .
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One of a Kind: Only known existing item.
Exceedingly Rare: Only 2 to 10 known to exist.
Very Rare: Only 11 to 25 are known to exist.
Rare: Only 26 to 50 are known to exist.
Difficult: Difficult to find.
Available:Can be commonly be purchased.
Unknown: We cannot make a determination.
(For perspective, the Apple-1 is widely regarded as a rare and highly collectible computer, yet as of 2025 the Apple-1 registry lists 92 confirmed and probable Apple-1 computers.)
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