Evolution of Desktop Computing

The Tandy 5000 MC was a high-end PC introduced by the Tandy Corporation in 1989.  It was available through Radio Shack.

Equipped with an Intel 80386 CPU running a 20 MHz, 2 MB of RAM (expandable up to 16 MB) , it also came with the 40 MB hard drive.  The operating system was MS-DOS (v 3.3) and Windows 386 and it supported color monitors with EGA/VGA graphics.

There were expansion slots for further customization allowing additional cards for enhanced graphics, sound and networking. 

The target market for this device were business and professional users and the 386 processor (I remember it) was relatively new that year and very robust for the time. 

It competed with the IBM 386 which, depending on configuration, sold for $10,000 to $15,000 in 1989.