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The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. I've just got a parcel from Amazon containing 1Tb for 120 quid. Amazing. Now, need more porn.  SignatureZX-10R > The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. > > I've just got a parcel from Amazon containing 1Tb for 120 quid. > Amazing. > > Now, need more porn. for a short time in the early 90s I co-ran a little mail-order business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. -- d. darsy <darsyx@gmail.com> wrote in news:1187791868.597228.283220 @r23g2000prd.googlegroups.com: >> The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top > seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. I didn't get a hard disk for my first computer, a BBC-B in 1982 or 1983. There was one available, but 5MB cost around 800 pounds. SignatureJeremy >> The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top > seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. You weren't down in Cornwall at the time were you? SignatureDan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. > > The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top > seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. The one I always quote is the year I left college and worked at an Apricot dealership. The 5Mb Xen Xi cost £5,500. But for "power users" one could order a *10* Mb drive! ... for £7,500 :) SignatureBear >> The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top > seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. My first floppy drive (5.25") for an Atari ST cost me 300 quid back in 1980 summat and that was cheap. It was only half a meg too. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 > > -- > d. > My first floppy drive (5.25") for an Atari ST cost me 300 quid back > in 1980 summat and that was cheap. It was only half a meg too. You sure it wasn't 360k? You should have lived in Hong Kong for cheap stuff like that, back then. SignatureCab :^) - I'm dyslex-spic apparently GSX 1400 - Speedy Zimmerframe. UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/ >> My first floppy drive (5.25") for an Atari ST cost me 300 quid back >> in 1980 summat and that was cheap. It was only half a meg too. > > You sure it wasn't 360k? You should have lived in Hong Kong for cheap > stuff like that, back then. Come to think, it could well have been. The big ones were only 720k weren't they? I know it was a "bargain" at the time but shortly after I got a 120 gig Winchester hard drive for about 200 quid. A good drive 'til it died without warning. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 > > You sure it wasn't 360k? You should have lived in Hong Kong for > > cheap stuff like that, back then. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > gig Winchester hard drive for about 200 quid. A good drive 'til it > died without warning. Christ, you've got to watch your Megas and Gigas. Otherwise you'd bought a Winchester that a) was brought back from the future (say 2005-ish) or it fell of the back of a lorry. Mind you, falling of the back of a lorry would have helped release the heads. SignatureCab :^) - I'm dyslex-spic apparently GSX 1400 - Speedy Zimmerframe. UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/ >> > You sure it wasn't 360k? You should have lived in Hong Kong for >> > cheap stuff like that, back then. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Christ, you've got to watch your Megas and Gigas. Isn't it amazing how quickly we (I) forget::-) >Otherwise you'd > bought a Winchester that a) was brought back from the future (say > 2005-ish) or it fell of the back of a lorry. > > Mind you, falling of the back of a lorry would have helped release the > heads. That's what happened to my 120 MEG (Note, I didn't forget this time) drive. It just siezed solid wiv no warning. Now though, it WOULD be a 120 gig drive that goes tits up and takes all the associated files they hold. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 > > Mind you, falling of the back of a lorry would have helped release > > the heads. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Now though, it WOULD be a 120 gig drive that goes tits up and takes > all the associated files they hold. Funnily enough, which is worse? Losing 120MB of info in the early '80s or 120MB in 2005? SignatureCab :^) - I'm dyslex-spic apparently GSX 1400 - Speedy Zimmerframe. UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1 email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/ >> > Mind you, falling of the back of a lorry would have helped release >> > the heads. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Funnily enough, which is worse? Losing 120MB of info in the early '80s > or 120MB in 2005? The 80's before bloatware robbed us of anything but a marginally decent amount of storage space, no matter how big the drive. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >>> The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. >>> I've just got a parcel from Amazon containing 1Tb for 120 quid. >>> Amazing. >>> Now, need more porn. >> for a short time in the early 90s I co-ran a little mail-order >> business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top >> seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. > My first floppy drive (5.25") for an Atari ST cost me 300 quid back in 1980 > summat and that was cheap. It was only half a meg too. I bought a dual Micropolis 5-1/4" drive (315 kB hard-sectored IIRC) with S-100 controller for $AUS2,000 duty-free in 1979, to "export" to Antarctica. The S-100 expansion chassis for the Exidy Sorcerer was $400 and I think the Sorcerer itself was $1250. My first hard-drive was for my Corona PC-clone in Vancouver in 1984 -- $CDN2,000 for 20 MB. Blimey, we've come a long way! SignatureIvan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". >>>> The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > with S-100 controller for $AUS2,000 duty-free in 1979, to "export" to > Antarctica. So that'd be what, 3/6' in real money? :-) > The S-100 expansion chassis for the Exidy Sorcerer was $400 > and I think the Sorcerer itself was $1250. My first hard-drive was for > my Corona PC-clone in Vancouver in 1984 -- $CDN2,000 for 20 MB. Blimey, > we've come a long way! Indeed, the hard drives in those days lasted more than 5 minutes. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >> I bought a dual Micropolis 5-1/4" drive (315 kB hard-sectored IIRC) >> with S-100 controller for $AUS2,000 duty-free in 1979, to "export" to >> Antarctica. > So that'd be what, 3/6' in real money? :-) Can't remember when the Aussibuck collapsed against Sterling. At a guess that was £400-500. SignatureIvan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". >>> I bought a dual Micropolis 5-1/4" drive (315 kB hard-sectored IIRC) >>> with S-100 controller for $AUS2,000 duty-free in 1979, to "export" to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Can't remember when the Aussibuck collapsed against Sterling. > At a guess that was £400-500. That'd be about what the first floppy I bought would've cost retail. Silly money anyway. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 > > The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > business selling hard drives for the Amiga home computer - our top > seller was a 120Mb drive for around 200 quid. I bought a GVP series II for my Amiga in the early 90s. 80MB of Quantum goodness for something like 380 quid. I can only assume you're talking about some Duplo IDE thing for a 600/1200. Signatureogden sv650 - surprisingly quick for a girl's bike > > > The last hard disc I bought was 45gb and cost 180 quid. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > goodness for something like 380 quid. I can only assume you're talking > about some Duplo IDE thing for a 600/1200. *ding*(ish) We bought 2.5" form factor drives and made up custom cables to allow them to be fitted internally to the A1200 (never bothered with the 600). I can't remember how many we sold, but it was only in the order of dozens rather than hundreds - it was more of a hobby than a business. -- d. |
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