Here's a trip down memory lane...

[Maxxarcade]

Check out this old hard drive card... I remember when these were being advertised in magazines for quite a bit of money.

Anyone know who made the drive itself? It has a weird interface, looks like proprietary MFM/RLL or from some sort of laptop interface.

This one still works, too. I was thinking of putting it in an old Epson Equity 1+ that I've got laying around. Problem is I don't have a keyboard for it. It also has some weird custom cards in it for controlling something via a rackmount case full of optoisolators and stuff. Came out of a rack of equipment that housed the central clock and PA system for a school or something.

[willawake]

Re: Here's a trip down memory lane...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...53C1A960948260

[Maxxarcade]

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$895? I knew it was expensive but damn But I miss the good ol' days. Back then every upgrade was a speed rush. I'll never forget my first hard drive (43MB Seagate), my first Sound Blaster card, etc.

[WNG]

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I had a couple of those hardcards, later versions. I picked them up used. I remember they were made by Quantum and they plugged into an ISA slot.
I used them with my 486 machines.

Those were the days....I still remember lining up outside CompUSA just to pick up a 2 GB Maxtor IDE for the incredibly low price of $200. I whopping 2GB! Man, I had an insane amount of storage!!
;D

Other prices of old:
2x Creative CDR drive: $249.
8 MB SIMM: $35
368sx-16 PC, (my first computer) $900.

[Maxxarcade]

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I have almost all the receipts from since I first started buying computer parts. I'll have to dig some up and post the prices... Though I remember paying $340 or so for an Athlon 1400 OEM cpu some time ago...

[WNG]

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Compared to $15 I payed last summer for a Athlon XP 1700 T'bred (same 1.4 GHz).
Wow!
(still searching for a cheap Barton)

[pentium]

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I love hard cards.
If you popped one into an IBM pc portable you would be the coolest person on the block.
I always loved how they were so thin.

[gg1978]

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I had (or maybe still have) a HardCard somewhere.. I don't think it was made by Quantum though, as the frame was bright blue in color, and i thought it had a 1.6" tall HDD mounted to it..

[willawake]

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If you popped one into an IBM pc portable you would be the coolest person on the block.

huh

[Spacedye69]

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If you popped one into an IBM pc portable you would be the coolest person on the block.

I'm going to move to pentium's block! Thats my kinda cool.

[kc8adu]

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i still see those quantum/plus hardcards in use in industrial stuff.
i keep a few spares on hand as most are gone or have bit the dust.
these marked the beginning of user friendly pc hardware.