Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.

I remember the "good(?) old days" when we could but yearn for the very idea of someday in the distant future having a whole gigabyte of hard drive storage for less than $1,000. But of course, nobody would actually need a whole gigabyte... what would you do with all that storage? smile


I worked for a computer store in 1985 and we sold IBM stuff (of course).

Their 300MB full height drive was *our price* $4500.

I remember having a 40MB drive (Seagate ST251 MFM!!) on my Atari 130xe. -- Wowzers. So much space, so little time!!

Ahhh, Memories.
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