"Mark Metzler wrote:
I was in WalMart last night, and I swung by the Electronics area. I was curious as to how much a replacement drive would cost me for my PC at home, which has a 17gb drive in it. They had a 80gig drive sitting on the shelf next to the surge suppressors for $70. Never mind that it comes with the software to copy everything to the new drive. So I stood there trying to do the math on what it would cost to equate that volume of storage with ST506 drives at $1995.00 a pop. My head started hurting, so I rounded the ST506 to $2000.
It would take 16,000 ST506’s to reach the memory of the drive in WalMart (again sitting on the shelf, not behind a locked cabinet).
At $2000.00 a pop, it would cost me $32,000,000.00.
Now that would have been a nice sale, but would have been stolen by Jim Scharffe or Mike Daniel.
Here is another perspective. If stacked on top of one another, they would be as tall as a 667 story building.
If from sea level, they would stack high enough to top the tallest building in Downtown Denver.
If sold with a cabinet and power supply, Josef Rabinowitz would be retired. "
"Ohmigod! I'm reminded of when I worked for Heath Kline at Priority One Electronics in Chatsworth...and before that for Galaxy Computers in Woodland Hills when the Commodore 64 was introduced! We thought it huge compared to the Timex Sinclair...."
"We both have been into computers since 1970's & currently own 6 OSBORNE's in working condition. Although we use DOS now, we miss cpm & how actually FAST it was compared to Windows. We miss dBase. Append as well instead of Access now. We still have data on 5 1/4" discs we need to put into the dos machines we use now.
Sorry to hear you are leaving the business - we certainly hope you find a buyer who will keep the collection intact!
Best to you & your wonderful efforts!"
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Apple IIc system with monitor, ImageWriter II printer, and manuals, books, games and programs. keyboard is missing the v k. Model #A2S4100. Monitor Model #A2M6020, Printer Model #A9M0320. Comes with the mouse(original box)and joystick. PFS(write, plan, and file). Books included), Super Science graphs and charts(health and human body, books included), The Print Shop(books included), Jane(books included), Create with Garfield Deluxe Edition(books included), A.E. Broderbund Software, Value Time(Let's make stationery & Calendars), Dazzle Draw, MultiScribe(Word Processing Program, book included), ALF, California Games, Wild West(organ trail, westward Ho, Gold Rush, Alamo), Wheel of Fortune, Joust, SkyFox, Adventure Quest(Super Stomp, Mutant, Parachutist) Chess, Flip-It, Con.Plus, Trap, Alpine Skier, Jeopardy(junior edition), 54 Education, and Learn to Add. Includes Getting Down to BASIC, An Introduction, The Inside Story, System Utilities, The Apple at Work, The Apple AT Play, Mousepaint), Apple II System Utilities, Programming in BASIC for Business, Graphics Discoveries Book 1, I Speak BASIC to MY Apple, Apple II Basic Programming Manual, Applesoft II, Introduction to computer programming.
NEC PC-8201A laptop computer in working order. Comes with user’s guide, reference manual, application kit guide, cassette cable and AC adapter (battery compartment/contacts are clean on the unit).
HP 620LX Color Plamtop PC, a Microsoft CE 2.0 device with a color touch screen and 16Mb of memory. It has slots for one PC card and for one Compact flash card.
Applications included: bFax Pro, bFind, Financial/Unit Conversion, Month-at-a-Glance Plus, Audio Recording and Quick Settings.
Microsoft CE 2.0 includes: Pocket PowerPoint, Pocket Outlook, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, Remote networking, Terminal application, Calculator, World clock and Solitaire.
Note: Some of these applications may require optional communication hardware that is not included.
The included battery will not hold a usable charge and the backup battery needs to be replaced. This unit can be powered by installing it on its docking station. It boots up when installed on the docking station and plugged in to AC power. Unit and screen are in good physical condition. The touch screen works.
This auction includes:
HP 620LX
Battery (bad)
Stylus
Docking station
Battery charger
Power supply (shared by docking station and battery charger)
Qualcomm fax/modem PC card and cable (for a cell phone?)
Manual
Original box
Morrow Decision Computer (working), with printer, terminal software and documentation. The extensive manual includes full documentation including operation, service information and all schematics CPU/Power Supply, Morrow Series MD-5,11,16 and 34 Hard Disk (schematic omitted), Shugart SA-200 and SA-455/465 floppy disk drives and Morrow MDT-20 terminal. Includes dual drive floppy system.
Printer is a dot-matrix model Okidata u82A.
Original Morrow Programmer's and Utility Software disks 1-3 are included with backups. Additional software includes CP/M, Wordstar 3.0, Correct-It, CPM/Perl and MBasic. Note: This item is no longer part of our collection as it has been sent to a new PC museum for display.
Texas Instruments TI 99/4 computer system, with voice modulator, software. tape cssette all are in the original packages along with manuals. The computer and the original box are in excellent condition. Includes Tax investment/ record keeping, A-Maze-ING, household budget management, and personal record keeping. GAMES include Car Wars, Early Learning Fun, Beginning Grammer, Blasto, The Attack, Ti Invaders, and Parsec.
Tandy 1400 FD notebook with AC power adapter. Also included is a Commodore external 101 key keyboard, a Weltec Digital, Inc. 5.25" external floppy drive.with power cord and cable, MS-DOS 3.3 operating system/GW-BASIC. A Practical Guide to the Tandy 1400 FD/1400 HD, Tandy 1400 FD/HD MS-DOS/GW-BASIC Quick Reference Guide, Tandy 1400 FD Sharp Organizer Link II Data Disk, Laplink LL3 disk, Flexform Form Letters disk, Checkers disk, and BM-First America. The computer has 768Kb of RAM (640K base + 128K expanded), two built-in 3 1/2-inch 720KB floppy disk drives, dual-speed 4.77/8.0 MHz, 16-bit V-20 cpu. It has built-in support for a printer, a color graphics monitor, RS-232C adapter, built-in speaker, 76 key IBM XT-compatible keyboard, and a 9" x 4" LCD that displays 25 lines and 80 columns with brightness adjustment. It comes in a gray cloth carrying case, and weighs in at approximately 18lbs. pounds.
