Blast From the Past: the $3398 10MB Hard Disk
July 30, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Geekery, Storage
With 1 terabyte hard disks costing less than $100, it’s pretty amazing how far we’ve come.
Consider this: back in the early 80s, according to a random commenter on Reddit, this totally awesome 10MB hard drive from XCOMP went for a shade under $3400. Check out the ad below and be awed!
The details? The 4MB version was priced at $2898, and the ad copy made sure to highlight the benefits of this hard disk line compared to… 5 1/4″ and 8″ floppies. And as this was before everyone started using DOS, compatibility with the CP/M OS was advertised as a plus. …read more
