"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.
Invicta Electronic Mastermind Game introduced in 1977 looks like a calculator but it is a cool game in which your goal is to break the secret code set by the computer, or set your own code.
APF manufactured the Tele-Games Sports Center for Sears in 1977. Features (4) games including Tennis, Hockey, Jokjari (new game developed by APF) and practice. Professional and Amateur levels of play.
APF TV Fun Model 401A video game console released in 1977. Uses the pong chip MPS-7600-001and has (8) games including Tennis (2 and 4), Hockey (2 and 4), Handball (1 or 2) plus skeet and target shoot and games can be played by up to 4 playe...
Family Computer HVC-001 introduced in 1983 was Nintendo’s first entry into the video console arena. Released only in Japan it was an instant success. Nintendo had its game roots in developing Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong and licensing right ...
The Odyssey 4000 was the last video game console released by Magnavox in 1977. Features eight color new style joysticks similar to the Odyssey2 introduced in 1980.
Introduced in 1976 the Magnavox Odyssey 300 model 7500 and shipped for only one year. Uses the General Instruments AY-3-8500 LSI gamechip and displays in black and white or color. Has onboard sound and connects to the TV antenna. The GI AY-...
Radofin S4000 video console manufactured and released by K-Mart in the USA in 1977 as the S Four Thousand. Uses the GI pong chip AY-3-8500 and has (4) games including Tennis, Squash, Hockey and Practice.
