Comments on: 1985 Hard Drive http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MarkD http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-11919 MarkD Wed, 10 May 2006 02:21:30 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-11919 I can go one better than that. In 1976, the world's largest air conditioning manufacturer had a very good year. They wrote two five million dollar checks. One for a business jet. The second was for five megabytes of memory for their IBM 370-168 MP mainframe. The memory came from Control Data Corporation, because the real IBM memory was even more expensive... I can go one better than that. In 1976, the world’s largest air conditioning manufacturer had a very good year. They wrote two five million dollar checks. One for a business jet. The second was for five megabytes of memory for their IBM 370-168 MP mainframe. The memory came from Control Data Corporation, because the real IBM memory was even more expensive…

]]> By: OhGizmo! » Hard Drives Of Yore http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-11781 OhGizmo! » Hard Drives Of Yore Mon, 08 May 2006 04:50:42 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-11781 [...] Also, take a look at another mainframe hard drive from 1985. Sexy little number, that one. [...] [...] Also, take a look at another mainframe hard drive from 1985. Sexy little number, that one. [...]

]]> By: nerf http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6655 nerf Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:57:13 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6655 i had a 20 meg hard drive put in my mac 512 in 1986, cost me $1200. also had them hard wire 4megs of ram with 256k ram chips. we wondered at the time how in the world we were going to use 20megs storage. bring back mac system 7. fit on a floppy! i had a 20 meg hard drive put in my mac 512 in 1986, cost me $1200. also had them hard wire 4megs of ram with 256k ram chips. we wondered at the time how in the world we were going to use 20megs storage.

bring back mac system 7. fit on a floppy!

]]> By: 40MB Hard Drive, Only $40,000 at Juvenall Wilson http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6638 40MB Hard Drive, Only $40,000 at Juvenall Wilson Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:48:22 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6638 [...] Fun side note about how things work on the internet: I found this from a post on Digg. This pointed to an article on TecheBlog which was crediting OhGizmo! as the source which was crediting tuaw.com with the find. Being an Apple blog, I wouldn't rule them out as the seed for all this, but it would be fun to see how deep this rabbit hole goes. 1985, Blogs, Hard Drive, Inflation 298 Words Posted under General | [...] [...] Fun side note about how things work on the internet: I found this from a post on Digg. This pointed to an article on TecheBlog which was crediting OhGizmo! as the source which was crediting tuaw.com with the find. Being an Apple blog, I wouldn’t rule them out as the seed for all this, but it would be fun to see how deep this rabbit hole goes. 1985, Blogs, Hard Drive, Inflation 298 Words Posted under General | [...]

]]> By: Adjust fake tie, Find a window, Exit through it » Blog Archive » Expensive 1985 Hard Drive http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6626 Adjust fake tie, Find a window, Exit through it » Blog Archive » Expensive 1985 Hard Drive Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:08:39 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6626 [...] Linkit.here [...] [...] Linkit.here [...]

]]> By: Riquez http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6615 Riquez Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:21:23 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6615 I'll wager that would be the worlds smallest Hard Drive, so small you need to have a magnifying glass to see it. I’ll wager that would be the worlds smallest Hard Drive, so small you need to have a magnifying glass to see it.

]]> By: Hangman http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 Hangman Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:53:34 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6608 What gives with the 6GB drive for $400? I can get a 200 GB drive for $110 Canadian got to be even less in the U.S. What gives with the 6GB drive for $400? I can get a 200 GB drive for $110 Canadian got to be even less in the U.S.

]]> By: seventoes http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6605 seventoes Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:46:38 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6605 HAHA! Thats hilarious.. 40MB... haaaa... HAHA! Thats hilarious.. 40MB… haaaa…

]]> By: Gizmología » Disco duro de 40.000 dolares http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 Gizmología » Disco duro de 40.000 dolares Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:22:27 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6599 [...] [Via OhGizmo!] [...] [...] [Via OhGizmo!] [...]

]]> By: TechEBlog » $40,000 Hard Drive http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6597 TechEBlog » $40,000 Hard Drive Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:40:35 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/12/1985-hard-drive/#comment-6597 [...] Source: [OhGizmo] [...] [...] Source: [OhGizmo] [...]

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