"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 Pong and Game Consoles wing of The Freeman PC Museum. We invite you to browse through this archive of vintage games. Currently, there are 362 games listed in this section of the museum. Have fun.
Milton Bradley Microvision Blockbuster games system with MindBuster, Vegas Slots, Star Trek, Bowling and Connect Four games in original boxes. Includes manual.
Milton Bradley PAC-MAN Board Game released in 1982 is a 2 to 4 player game, made by MB Games, for ages 7 to 14 years. There are four different color Pac-Mans to choose from.
The Arcadia Electronic Skeet Shoot game set released in 1998 made by TOYMAX in China. It is an indoor image projecting game systems that include Duck Shoot and Deer Hunter games. The game sets includes a toy pump-action rifle with a simulat...
Vintage Radofin Tele-Sports Mini video game released in 1977 has (4) games including Squash, Practice, Tennis and Hockey. Ball angle and speed levels as well as Pro and Amateur levels. Uses GI pong chip AY-3-8500.
Roberts Volley VI video game released in 1977. Features (6) games including Tennis, Hockey, Squash, Pactice, Rifle I and Rile II. Rifles not included wit this set. Includes manual.
Colecovision arcade quality video game system game released in 1982. This system has an expansion module interface. Complete with manual and software cartridges including Centipede, Frogger, Qbert and Donkey Kong (with manual).
SONY PSone video game was the same as Playstation (1995) one but in a new smaller white case. A monitor is also available for this model. Released in 1996.
