[rollei_list] Re: OT: Terrabyte hard drive.
- From: FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:39:12 +0000 (GMT)
In 1987 I bought 2 Mb of ram for 2000 UKpounds. I reflected the other day that
at 1987 prices my 32Gb iPod Touch is worth 32 million pounds in memory alone :-)
Frank
--- On Fri, 17/10/08, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rollei_list] OT: Terrabyte hard drive.
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, 17 October, 2008, 6:05 AM
> I just installed an external one terrabyte hard drive
> aquired this evening from Fry's. I am still astonished.
> It
> was on special for $150.00 US. I remember seeing a box
> Ampex
> built for video storage many years ago. It was really a
> jukebox for cassettes with a total capacity of one
> terrabyte, it was huge. This thing is the size of a thick
> paperback book. Boy, have concepts of memory capacity
> changed in only a few years.
> The only semi-on-topic thing I can add is that this is
>
> ideal for storing very large image files (or lots and lots
> of small ones).
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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