Samsung's first PC up for auction

By Park Si-soo

Samsung’s first commercially developed PC SPC-1000 / Korea Times file

Samsung Electronics is now famous for a wide array of slick and multifunctional high-tech devices. But the tech behemoth had a humble beginning.

And one of the “relics” that can bring up black-and-white memories of that time will soon come into the auction spotlight.

According to Newsis, a news wire, Samsung’s first commercially developed PC will be put up for sale at an auction house in Seoul on Oct. 25.

The SPC-1000 was released in 1983 and used widely for computer education. Unlike today’s PCs, the model, which still operates, has a separate cathode ray tube monitor and main body. The monitor can show letters and simple pictures only in black, white and green. Its body also evokes bygone days with its cassette tape-shaped data reader.

The PC will be unveiled to the public at 1 p.m., Oct. 23, at the auction house on the sixth floor of Suwoon Hoigwan in Gyeongun-dong, Seoul. The auction will begin at 3 p.m. on Oct. 25.