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Business Week
October 22, 1979, Industrial Edition
SECTION: INFORMATION PROCESSING; Briefs; Pg. 128J
LENGTH: 160 words
Now that the Federal Communications Commission has waived its strict rules on
testing home computers while it considers even tighter regulations, there will be
new low prices on some models. The waiver on the testing, which was required to
ensure noninterference with radio or TV broadcasting, was requested by Texas
Instruments Inc., which had to introduce its 99/4 model last June with its own TV
monitor to get around the problem. Industry observers expect TI to drop the costly
display in time for the Christmas selling season, which could enable the Dallas
company to shave the computer's $1,150 price tag by $200 to $400. Another company
rolling out a home computer without a monitor will by Tandy Corp. A senior
executive says that its Radio Shack stores will begin selling this model for less
than $500 in the second half of 1980. In both cases, the computer would use the home
TV set for the display.