"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.
Emerson Arcadia 2001 TV Game released in 1982 (before TV Game market crash). Featured new type of controls and larger action buttons. Arcadia was sued for use of the name and changed it to StarPath. 23 cartridges were released for Arcadia a...
2000 release from Radica Play TV Snowboard is a virtual reality snowboarding experience that plugs into TV or VCR. Just stand on your snowboard and watch the course. 3-D gameplay where you watch the TV screen and use your snowboard to contr...
Tiger Headstart Computer introduced in 1998 by Tiger Electronics now a division of Hasbro. Tiger best known as the maker of the Giga Pet created an excellent learning tool for kids. Uses a vocabulary of 450 words to tutor kids in spelling, ...
Sony released the original Playstation September 9, 1995. The earlier SNES was never released due to a legal dispute with Nintendo. The smaller PS ONE followed and then the PS2 was released March 24, 2000. The PS2 was the best seller of the...
Mattel Intellivision II released in 1982. This unit replaced the original Intellivision console. It is much smaller and features detachable controllers plus the addition of an on/off indicator. Complete with manuals and software including: ...
Introduced by Atari in 1977. The Atari Pinball model C-380 has 7 games for one player. There were three versions of this console: The white model C-380 (as shown), an earlier wood grain model and the Sears Pinball Breakaway model 99713.
Sega Game Gear introduced in 1991. Features Z-80 8-bit cpu operating at 3.58 Mhz, 3.2” Screen resolution 160 x 146 with 4,096 colors, 24 Kb RAM and 4-channel sound. Sega’s answer to GameBoy and Lynx.
