"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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Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Pocket Simon (sys 3) Manufactured In 1977
In 1978 Milton Bradley introduced the original Simon (Simon Says Game) at huge party at Studio 54 in New York. In 2003 Hasbro released (14) different 25th special edition packs including the Simon 2, and handheld Simon, a Tee shirt and a tote bag. Special Simon 2’s autographed by Neil Simon and Simon Cowell (from American Idol) and others were also sold for charity. Simon can still be purchased today. The Pocket Simon was released in 1982 and other versions including a 2-player Super Simon, handheld Simon and a keychain Simon have been released. In 1980 they released Super Simon. Super Simon had a placement in WB 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation and Universal's E.T, Another interesting tidbit is that The Simon was invented by Ralph Baer, creator of the original Magnavox Odyssey (some say the first Pong game) in 1977. Simon was modeled after Nolan Bushnell's Touch Me game. Interesting as Bushnell designed the Atari Darlene after seeing the Odyssey. Pocket Simon Retail Price $15.00.
