"Mark Metzler wrote:
I was in WalMart last night, and I swung by the Electronics area. I was curious as to how much a replacement drive would cost me for my PC at home, which has a 17gb drive in it. They had a 80gig drive sitting on the shelf next to the surge suppressors for $70. Never mind that it comes with the software to copy everything to the new drive. So I stood there trying to do the math on what it would cost to equate that volume of storage with ST506 drives at $1995.00 a pop. My head started hurting, so I rounded the ST506 to $2000.
It would take 16,000 ST506’s to reach the memory of the drive in WalMart (again sitting on the shelf, not behind a locked cabinet).
At $2000.00 a pop, it would cost me $32,000,000.00.
Now that would have been a nice sale, but would have been stolen by Jim Scharffe or Mike Daniel.
Here is another perspective. If stacked on top of one another, they would be as tall as a 667 story building.
If from sea level, they would stack high enough to top the tallest building in Downtown Denver.
If sold with a cabinet and power supply, Josef Rabinowitz would be retired. "
"Ohmigod! I'm reminded of when I worked for Heath Kline at Priority One Electronics in Chatsworth...and before that for Galaxy Computers in Woodland Hills when the Commodore 64 was introduced! We thought it huge compared to the Timex Sinclair...."
"We both have been into computers since 1970's & currently own 6 OSBORNE's in working condition. Although we use DOS now, we miss cpm & how actually FAST it was compared to Windows. We miss dBase. Append as well instead of Access now. We still have data on 5 1/4" discs we need to put into the dos machines we use now.
Sorry to hear you are leaving the business - we certainly hope you find a buyer who will keep the collection intact!
Best to you & your wonderful efforts!"
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Welcome to the Calculators wing of The Freeman PC Museum. We invite you to browse through this archive of vintage calculators. Currently, there are 108 calculators listed in this section of the museum. Have fun.
Texas Instruments TI-85 Scientific Calculator designed as a standard tool for the calculus classroom and replaced by the TI-86. Released in 1995. Replaced the TI-81. Features: Complex Numbers, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equatio...
VTech introduces new Phusion PDA in 2000 with a built-in 25-shot digital camera. Features an address book, alarm clock, class scheduler, calendar, memo pad, calculator, and more. In addition, it has a a built-in digital camera with a 180 de...
Model PS-6155. with Instruction manual and software- new condition. TI PocketMate 300 Personal Organizer features 128KB memory, a larger keys for data entry, and Data Synchronization for one-touch updating between your Personal Organizer a...
Merlin:2 PDA with manual in new condition. Complete phone book, scheduler, world time, calculator and more. Also built-in Blackjack, Slot machine, Lottery generator.
Facit models TK and EK were introduced in 1936. This calculator is probably a Facit ESA. Has unique sliding quotient coupling.The semi-automatic Model EA of 1939 featured automatic division and automatic shifting when multiplying. All the ...
