->  MM> Gotta agree there!  My first 15 Meg, with R/S employee discount and on
->  MM> SALE, was $1100.  Makes me cry to think how many Gigs that would buy
->  MM> today!

-> If you *really* want a good cry, check out the retail price tag on
-> the Heathkit H-67 hard drive kit for their H-89 computer. 110 lbs, about as
-> wide and deep as a PC/AT and about 8.5 inches high.  A whopping *TEN* MB on a
-> drive that had two eight inch diameter platters.  The unit includes an eight
-> inch floppy disk drive to do backups to.  A measly $5,999.99, in 1979 dollars.

 The 10 Meg drive that came with an Early HP medical Computer needed a
19" rack for mounting and was about 14" tall and weighed about 250
Pounds. The FIRST line in hte install manual Stated "Caution -
REQUIRES two men for install" Cost siginificantly more then your
$5999.99. And it was a great techolological step up from the Previous 5
meg WASHING MACHINE sized Hard Drive.
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