"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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Hewlett Packard HP Model 620 LX
HP 620LX Color Plamtop PC, a Microsoft CE 2.0 device with a color touch screen and 16Mb of memory. It has slots for one PC card and for one Compact flash card.
Applications included: bFax Pro, bFind, Financial/Unit Conversion, Month-at-a-Glance Plus, Audio Recording and Quick Settings.
Microsoft CE 2.0 includes: Pocket PowerPoint, Pocket Outlook, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, Remote networking, Terminal application, Calculator, World clock and Solitaire.
Note: Some of these applications may require optional communication hardware that is not included.
The included battery will not hold a usable charge and the backup battery needs to be replaced. This unit can be powered by installing it on its docking station. It boots up when installed on the docking station and plugged in to AC power. Unit and screen are in good physical condition. The touch screen works.
This auction includes:
HP 620LX
Battery (bad)
Stylus
Docking station
Battery charger
Power supply (shared by docking station and battery charger)
Qualcomm fax/modem PC card and cable (for a cell phone?)
Manual
Original box
