Vintage DAK Industries Catalog Spring 1986 Drew Kaplan Computers CD Audio For Sale
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Vintage DAK Industries Catalog Spring 1986 Drew Kaplan Computers CD Audio
Price: US $18.50
DAK Industries Incorporated catalog, Spring 1986 — a substantial 64+ page issue. Classic mail-order electronics catalog written by founder Drew Alan Kaplan in his signature first-person storytelling style. Front cover features an IBM-compatible computer, printer, and monitor bundle.
Highlights include:
"Unfair Competition" — the $999 Typewriter/Computer Bombshell (Visual 256K IBM PC clone)
"CD Extortion" — early CD player pricing war feature (Sharp, BSR, Emerson)
"Triathlon Letter Hurtler" daisy wheel printer and "Mammoth PC Power" Olivetti M18 computer
"Hot Lunch Program" Emerson microwave ovens
"Series Saver" miniature color TVs on the back cover
A rich, oversized snapshot of mid-1980s mail-order computer and electronics retail, packed with period tech and Kaplan's famously chatty ad copy.
Shows some cover wear consistent with age, including a torn corner on the back cover mailing label area. See pics.
