Oh if I only had the money I've spent on computers over the years...My very first PC had an RGB monitor, adn cost about $800. Then I added a 14.4 modem for $150, a 20MD Hdd $400, etc ... scares me what the costs used to be!


Anybody shopping? I still have an Atari 800xl with 2 drives (working) and software! Still have a Commodore 64 and 128 with software and working! Even have the mouse and monitors!

Am I a hoarder Or just a packrat ??

Sunday in the South, gotta love it! Fried potatos, eggs, bacon, grits...hhmmm. Ya'll come on over, there's plenty!

Gunsmoke... sounds like you've been smoking your drugs this morning

Happy-Happy-Happy!

Lets not forget the low price of memory either at that point in time on average $100 (US) for 1 Megabyte of RAM. Ouch! I still have a few of those laying around here, too bad they did not go up in value, hahaha! Also still have a Seagate 44 MB SCSI removable drive (big plastic cartridge with a giant platter inside). The stuff I have hung on to over the years...

Okay, who remembers this!

http://gunsmoke.me/cloud/graphics/5mbharddrive.jpg

Back in 1956, Pan Am's crew is loading a hard disk drive... with 5 MB of storage.
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'super' computer with a hard disk drive and a ton of storage.

Your 8 GB USB memory stick holds 1,600 times more memory.