This is $20,823.67 in 2024 dollars for a car with likely no AC, certainly no ABS, traction control, tire pressure monitors, backup cameras, or even seat belts. I bet the radio was an extra cost.
These CPD1852D, Byte-Wide Input/Output Port chips were made by RCA before Intersil bought the COSMAC line. They were designed for use with the 1800 series microprocessors.
RCA was acquired in the 1985 by GE to form the GE Solid State Division. In 1988, GE sold its Solid-State division to Harris Semiconductor. In 1980, GE Solid State acquired Intersil.
Intersil was acquired by Renesas Electronics in 2017 and is now a wholly owned subsidiary, with Intersil's products and history including the RCA (CDP)1802 microprocessor and connections to RCA (Radio Corporation of America) and GE Solid State.
RCA's Assets: GE retained NBC and government services, while selling off or liquidating most of RCA's other assets.
RCA Records: GE sold its 50% interest in RCA Records to Bertelsmann and the company was renamed BMG Music for Bertelsmann Music Group.
Consumer Electronics: GE sold the rights to make RCA and GE brand consumer electronics products to Thomson Consumer Electronics (now Technicolor SA).
RCA was founded in 1919 as a subsidiary of General Electric, but became an independent company in 1932.
What comes around goes around.
