"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.
1985 Nintendo Model NES-001 with (4) gamepads and software including Blades of Steel, Drx Mario, Double Dribble, Romance of Three Kingdoms and Burgertime.
Interstate Mini TV Game model 1104 was one of the first hand held size video consoles. Features (4) games including Football/Hockey, Squash, Tennis and Training. Released in 1977. Manufactured in Hong Kong for Interstate Electronics, Ltd. o...
Wonder Wizard Scoreboard Model 7706 Video Game manufactured by General Home Products Corporation in Korea in 1977. A licensee of Magnavox. The Model 7706 is a clone of Gamatic 7600 manufactured in Japan in 1976.
Vintage Milton Bradley Microvision Blockbuster games system with (4) games and instructions. Block Buster, Baseball, Connect Four and Bowling. Released in 1979.
Nintendo 64 video console was released in 1996. The Nintendo 64 was the first system with 64-bit graphics and built-in four player gaming capability. Popular Super Mario 64 and Super Smash Bros. software helped sell over 32 million Nintendo...
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. In original box.
