Unbelievable stuff Andrew just makes you wonder where it will all end up. But I hate to think how much it would cost though.

Having said that though I find this out here they must have made a mistake as we pay premium prices as a rule. http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...aa4df500d0c186

In 20 years from now, these devices will cost pennies. I remember times when a 100MB disk pack for a host computer would cost $3500 - and that was without the unit which was very expensive but only leased.

whs said:

In 20 years from now, these devices will cost pennies. I remember times when a 100MB disk pack for a host computer would cost $3500 - and that was without the unit which was very expensive but only leased.

What scares me is that in 20 years we will have UltraMega3DHHHHD stuff that will fill that with a couple movies.

Or some ridiculous .docxxxx standard for Word documents that manage to waste 100 MB per page.

Or some ridiculous .docxxxx standard for Word documents that manage to waste 100 MB per page

But it can all be recycled.

jimbo45 said:

whs said:

In 20 years from now, these devices will cost pennies. I remember times when a 100MB disk pack for a host computer would cost $3500 - and that was without the unit which was very expensive but only leased.

Hi there
Anybody remember these -- they cost a FORTUNE way back then !!! and I think they only had a floppy disc and a vey basic tape unit (cassette tape) !!.

Screenshot shown - but more pics at the link.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ol...w=1185&bih=553



cheers
jimbo

Those were the modern times. Long before we had this one. It cost $160.000 for 10 to 20MB.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_PH0350A.html