"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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Otrona Attache Portableis a small portable machine with a Z-80 and a 8086 cpu. The Z-80 for CP/M, the 8086 for MS-DOS. The Z-80 has 64Kb of RAM and the 8086 has 256K of RAM. Has (2) 5.25" floppy drives and a 5" screen built-in. The Attache was a very nicely designed computer but it did not work to well and as a result never reached its early expectations.
Contex Vintage Adding Machine/Calculator made in Denmark by Contex probably in the 1950's. It is stamped made in Denmark underneath the Contex logo on the front. An excellent example of art deco inspired design. Made of 2-tone grey plastic or bakelite over a metal frame. All keys and counter work very well. No cracks, chips or burns. The plastic behind the number 5's has yellowed slightly but it is still very presentable.
Vintage Mechanical Adding Machine the Sterling Dial-a-matic. Machine is in good condition, box shows some wear, and the flap on one end is missing. This adder is now in a new museum and not part of our collection.
