Did you miss your chance to order an IBM PCjr on the first day that it was announced? If so, I saved a customer configuration order form for you! Enjoy!
(PDF form at https://www.brutman.com/PCjr/docs/IBM_PCjr_Order_Form.pdf)
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@tsturm It did have cassette based storage too, as did the original IBM PC. And a lot of the educational software on cartridge came after the announce.
But yes, the base unit was not good competition for a C64. Which explains why they sold very few of the base units.
@mbbrutman Ah yes - I forgot that the PCjr offered cassette storage. I wonder how well that was implemented in that system.
@mbbrutman So if someone bought the 64Kb Starter Home system without disk drive plus two games for $900 in 1984, that is roughly $2900 in today's money.
For a stripped-down PC without storage medium and four games available on cartridge. A system that probably never-ever received another game cartridge after this first release.
Holy cow.