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>By 1990 you could buy a 600MB hard drive Who could, you? What kind of machine did you have then?

• rasz 5y ago
  I didnt have my own computer in 1990 yet :-). Finally got second hand C64 in 1992, then build myself a 386/4mb/40mb for under $200 from used parts in 1993. No VGA monitor, I had to use RGB cable connected to a TV and a software reprogramming CRTC timings to 15KHz. You specifically wrote >40MB hard drives were becoming available which is not accurate. In 1990 Dell 425TE was shipping with a selection of "High-performance IDE (40MB. 80 MB. 100 MB, 190 MB) and ESDI (330 MB, 650 MB) hard disk drives.". Top configuration 650MB/color monitor/8MB ram $9600.
  • perl4ever 5y ago
    As a standard or low end option. I was thinking of a Mac SE/30 that probably came with 40 or 80MB hard drive. It was black & white, but on the other hand, it had a fast CPU and space for way more than 8MB RAM. $9600 in 1990 is an absurd amount, even compared to Apple prices at the time. That is/was a new economy car price. In any case, I didn't have any contact to speak of with PC compatibles until I went to college, only Amigas, Apples, and Macs.