Subj : Re: Windows update.
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Apr 17 2021 12:48 pm

  Re: Re: Windows update.
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 17 2021 08:30 am

 >   Re: Re: Windows update.
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Thu Apr 15 2021 09:15 am
 >
 >  > I paid $1500 for my for first "large" hard disk in the early '90s:
 >  > a 330MB 5.25" full-height Siemens ST506 drive. That was a massive upgrade
 >  > over my collection of 20-80MB drives at the time and helped to make
 >  > Vertrauen a popular BBS for image upload/download around that time.
 >
 > i'm sure it was literally large and weighed quite a bit too.

Yup. Full-height 5.25" drives are beasts. I had 60MB and 80MB full-heights before the 330MB drive, but the 330MB with its more platters was definitely heavier than those. I was so proud/happy with that purchase for the BBS. It was probably 1989 now I think I really think about it. <shrug>
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