so what...just computer history...not really news at all.Mid 70's:- $100 per KB of SRAM. 4KB and 8K RAM S-100 boards were $400 and $800.90's:- $1 per MB hard drive. I remember $102 for 102MB drive.
Anything faster than loading G I Joe (or most any game from a C64 1541 5.25" drive (or even better, the C64 datasette)) is an improvement. It was kind of convenient to set to load, go eat dinner and get right into a game though.
In a few more years this picture will be re-posted and re-dugg. No one will mention the minuscule size or outrageous price, just the fact that it's a hard drive. I can see it now:"I remember those! I think they spun real fast to access data. Almost forgot that computers had moving parts back then. These things weren't even wireless, can you imagine?!"
I haven't seen anybody here take inflation into account. According to the consumer price index, the 3,495 dollar hard-drive, in 2006 dollars, is actually $8,553. Put that in your math and smoke it...
enlightenmentAug 11, 2007
so what...just computer history...not really news at all.Mid 70's:- $100 per KB of SRAM. 4KB and 8K RAM S-100 boards were $400 and $800.90's:- $1 per MB hard drive. I remember $102 for 102MB drive.
marx2kAug 12, 2007
Anything faster than loading G I Joe (or most any game from a C64 1541 5.25" drive (or even better, the C64 datasette)) is an improvement. It was kind of convenient to set to load, go eat dinner and get right into a game though.
sushiman0001Aug 12, 2007
In a few more years this picture will be re-posted and re-dugg. No one will mention the minuscule size or outrageous price, just the fact that it's a hard drive. I can see it now:"I remember those! I think they spun real fast to access data. Almost forgot that computers had moving parts back then. These things weren't even wireless, can you imagine?!"
tlakabmAug 13, 2007
@celkinDugg for 'Ubuntu 16.4 Rabid Ringworm'
bradlyrisserAug 18, 2007
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
irshagsAug 21, 2007
I haven't seen anybody here take inflation into account. According to the consumer price index, the 3,495 dollar hard-drive, in 2006 dollars, is actually $8,553. Put that in your math and smoke it...