"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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Brief history of Psion founded in 1980.
1980-84: developed computer software for Sinclair.
1984: Organizer I released. 1986: Organizer II released
1989: Acquired Dacom and renamed it Psion Dacom, MC range of mobile/laptop computers released.1991: Series 3 released, also released HC range of rugged handhelds.
1993: Series 3a released, Workabout released. 1996: Series 3c & Siena released. 1996: Psion reorganized into Psion Computers, Industrial, Dacom and Software. 1997: Series 5 released. 1998: Symbian formed with Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola, also Series 3mx released. 1999: Series 5mx released. 2000: Revo and (colour) Series 7 released. (timeline courtesy of computer-ease.com)
This unit has broken battery lid.
Amiga 1000 was introduced in July 1985. It became an instant hit with computer animators due to its improved GUI interface. Features video up to 4096 colors, (2) 3.5" floppy disk drives (880K) and 4-channel stereo sound. Complete with manuals and software.
Amiga A500 computer released 1987. Designed as a low-cost replacement of the popular A1000. Features 68000 cpu, 512Kb RAM, OCS chipset and a DMA slot at its side instead of the ZORRO slots. Operating System upgraded to version 1.3, which included the functional Amiga Command Line Interface.
Sharp 1500A Pocket Computer released in 1981 along with the PC-1500 Pocket Computer with case and AC Adapter. The PC-1500 is one of the world's most sophisticated hand held computers. Although it shares many features with its cousin, the SHARP PC-1211 Pocket Computer, the PC-1500 provides advanced capabilities as a 7x156 programmable dot-matrix LCD display, a tone generator for creating special effects, ASCII character set with upper and lower cases, scientific and mathematical functions, user-defineable function keys, n extended version of BASIC which provides 2-dimensional arrays, variable length strings, graphics commands, program chaining and many other advanced features, up to 4Kb bytes of optional RAM (Model CE-151), an optional printer/cassette Interface (Model CE-150) which allows 4 color X-Y plotting, program and data storage and printing of programs and data in one of 9 different character sizes Includes: CE-155 8Kb Memory Module CE-150 Printer and Cassette Interface C-210LP Superscope Cassette with AC Adapter 6 rolls of paper, T10 sets of color pens and Viking Case. 6.2lbs.
Appoint Thumbelina was the first portable mouse released in 1986 for IBM PC/XT/AT and PS/2. Complete with mounting accessories, manual and original box.
The Sinclair ZX 81 was introduced in 1981. This model is customized using the E-Z Key 60 Keyboard and case. It has very nice raised keys for ease of use. It is in new condition and includes manuals, books, (2) 16Kb RAM Modules, copies of Synch magazine and software including Frogger still shrink-wrapped. See more picture link above for photos of accessory items. The ZX-81 replaced the ZX 80 introduced in 1980. In 1982 they released the 1982 ZX-Spectrum (sold as the Timex/Sinclair 1000 in the US).
Amiga 4000/040 was released in September 1992. Features a Motorola MC68040 cpu absolutely cookingand 40Mhz!, Plus 6Mb RAM, 3.5" 1.76Mb Floppy and 120Mb IDE Hard Drive. This system has the Digital Processing Systems board (Note: this is a 2-board set as shown in the photo resting in the top slots) that initially sold for about $9000. It also has the manual. In 1990 Amiga introduced the Amiga 3000. This followed the earlier Amiga 1000 (their first PC), Amiga 2000 and the popular Amiga 500. The Amiga 3000 featured a new chipset, improved SCSI interface and used the Motorola MC68030 at 16-25Mhz (using MC 68881 or MC68882 respectively). The Amiga 3000 (replaced by the Amiga 3000T) retailed for about $4100 not sure on the Amiga 4000 price.
Epson released the Epson Equity LT-286e Notebook in 1989. Uses 80C286 cpu, 1Mb internal RAM, 20-40Mb hard drive, 1.44Mn 3.5” floppy drive, high-contract B&W backlit LCD screen, internal modem slot, IBM AT compatible expansion slot plus serial, parallel, video, external disk drive and external keyboard ports. This is a nice unit in new condition complete with manual and original Epson carry case.
Tandy Model 1400HD notebook released in 1991. One of Tandy/Radio Shack's first 8-bit MS-DOS notebooks. Features NEC V-20 (enhanced 8088) operating at 4.77-8Mhz, 768Kb RAM, backlit CGA-compatible LCD display, built-in internal 1200 or 2400-baud modem, 720Kb floppy and a nice 20Mb hard drive.
