IDE storage prices tumbling?

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chrisv said:
10 years ago, the biggest IDE drive you could get was a 1G, and most
PC's were still being sold with 540MB and smaller drives. I know this
is correct, because I bought a PC (Dell P90) almost exactly 10 years
ago, and 1G was definitely "the king". 8)
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yep ...... my IBM P-75 came with a 540

I am sure because my Mom still uses it at her beach house for email


and that is worth a smile .... ;)
 
I know it's all "faster and cheaper" with a lot of computer equipment but it
seems that HDDs have really taken a big drop.
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I know this is an old post but if you take a look at the past history,
the price is always dropping. At times, it may be going down just a
few pennies, and other time it takes a mighty big drop.

I remember when an 80 MB hard drive used to sell at about $2000. Back
then, most computer didn't have more than 1MB of RAM, B&W only video,
and (other than big commercial uses like banks) the idea of needing
more than a few MB of storeage was ludicrous.

Today for the same $2000, I could probably build a RAID array with
around 3 or 4TB of storeage. But today, that much space is still
ludicrous. :)
 
Impmon said:
I know this is an old post but if you take a look at the past history,
the price is always dropping. At times, it may be going down just a
few pennies, and other time it takes a mighty big drop.

I remember when an 80 MB hard drive used to sell at about $2000. Back
then, most computer didn't have more than 1MB of RAM, B&W only video,
and (other than big commercial uses like banks) the idea of needing
more than a few MB of storeage was ludicrous.

Today for the same $2000, I could probably build a RAID array with
around 3 or 4TB of storeage. But today, that much space is still
ludicrous. :)
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Actually, with the advent of HDTV it's a lot less ludicrous than it was a
couple of years ago. At something like 20 gig an hour a terabyte's only 50
hours.
 
Actually, with the advent of HDTV it's a lot less ludicrous than it was a
couple of years ago. At something like 20 gig an hour a terabyte's only 50
hours.
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And by the time HDTV becomes mainstream, you can pick up a TB sized
hard drive for about $200 and you could get a DIY RAID totaling around
10TB or more for under $2000. And in the future, that size would be
ludicrous. :)
 
Impmon said:
And by the time HDTV becomes mainstream, you can pick up a TB sized
hard drive for about $200 and you could get a DIY RAID totaling around
10TB or more for under $2000. And in the future, that size would be
ludicrous. :)
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10TB doesn't give a whole lot more recording time than you get now with a
maxed out analog Tivo. Assuming you don't consider HD to be "mainstream"
now.
 
Impmon said:
I remember when an 80 MB hard drive used to sell at about $2000. Back
then, most computer didn't have more than 1MB of RAM, B&W only video,
and (other than big commercial uses like banks) the idea of needing
more than a few MB of storeage was ludicrous.
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I remember when a 2.5 MB disk was 14" across and used to sell for over
$5000. Now, where did I leave my teeth ?
I wasn't far wrong, either - http://www.pdp8.net/rk05/rk05.shtml says $5100
 
Cornelius said:
I remember when a 2.5 MB disk was 14" across and used to sell for over
$5000. Now, where did I leave my teeth ?
I wasn't far wrong, either - http://www.pdp8.net/rk05/rk05.shtml says $5100
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I remember something similar to that in Prestel (BT's old Teletext
thingy), the guy there was boasting about it holding a million
characters, as he carried it across the room I remember thinking
"where's his sword?" :-)
 
I remember when a 2.5 MB disk was 14" across and used to sell for over
$5000. Now, where did I leave my teeth ?
I wasn't far wrong, either - http://www.pdp8.net/rk05/rk05.shtml says $5100
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Remember? How about actually owning a monster? I have a 50MB hard
drive that is 14" and in a metal case 2 feet high and 3 feet deep and
weights probably close to 75 pounds. The disc are in a transparent
cover and they make those old records look as small as a CD.
 
Impmon said:
Remember? How about actually owning a monster? I have a 50MB hard
drive that is 14" and in a metal case 2 feet high and 3 feet deep and
weights probably close to 75 pounds. The disc are in a transparent
cover and they make those old records look as small as a CD.
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I've got the Data General 1.2 meg version of the RK05 he's talking about,
and the Nova 2/10 minicomputer (don't seem so 'mini' now days. hehe) to go
with it. As well as a PDP11.
 
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