[GeoStL] Re: NGR: Old Purchases
- From: "Jon Mertz" <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:59:14 -0500
I just moved two of those 8086/8088 systems into my new house. One is the
original IBM PC, the other the original Compaq "luggable" clone, with a
built-in monitor, a keyboard that snaps on the front, and a handle in the
back. Both have 2x 5-1/4" drives and hard drives. I believe the original is
20 MB, not sure what's in the Compaq.
...These are what I grew up with.
-Jon
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:18 PM, GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was cleaning out some old papers and I found some receipts when I
> bought my Commodore Amiga in 1985.
> http://oldcomputers.net/amiga1000.html
>
> It came with 256k (not meg). About 1 year later I bought a memory "box"
> that was the same dimension as the Amiga and sat on top. It contained 256K
> (for a total whopping 512k) for $400.
>
> When I worked at MDC, our dept, bought the first IBM PC available in 1981.
> It was an Intel 8086/8088 processor with 2 full height 5 1/4" floppy drives.
> Once IBM started producing hard drives for their PC's, we bought a 10 meg HD
> (not gig) for $10,000.
>
> How things have changed!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:44 PM
> *Subject:* [GeoStL] Re: NGR: Old Purchases
>
> - Not too long ago I ran across some old Byte magazines. They were
> advertising 143 KB floppy drives for more than that. I forget exactly what
> the price was, but I think it was closer to $500. That was back when the way
> you wrote to disk with an Apple was to issue a PRINT command that began with
> Ctrl-D character which meant it was a disk command rather than a real print
> command.
>
> Mike Griffin wrote:
>
> -
> Looking through some old emails I came across this order.. WOW! I can get a
> terrabyte drive for cheaper!
>
> YOUR ORDER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S):
>
> Shopping cart includes 1 unique item(s)
> Total Price: $310.00
>
> Item Detail#:1
> Description: Refurbished: Hard Drive 18GB IDE Latitude CP/CPi/CPiA
> Manufacturer: DELL
>
> Single Item Cost: $299.00
> Quantity: 1
> Sub-Total for Item: $299.00
> ___________________
>
> Your total order amount is:
> This includes the following:
> Subtotal: $299.00
> Shipping/Handling:
> Sales Tax:
>
>
>
>
> Mike Griffin
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>
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