[kwlug-disc] Free 8GB DDR2

[Ron Singh]

I'm going to call it -- that is the most AWESOME coffee table, ever!
Man, what a beast, should be in a museum.

Ron S.



On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:28 AM Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I still remember the 2.5GB IBM 3380 drives we had at UW (one per tower in
> the red room) at a cost of about $130,000USD in 1981.
> When I decommissioned them, I turned one into a coffee table in my rec
> room: https://jasoneckert.github.io/bio/personal/3380.jpg
>
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 11:19, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You must be much younger than I!
>>
>> $2495 USD + 130 USD shipping for a *5 Meg *5.25" full-height HDD from
>> some little-know company in Texas, PCs Limited, It was run by some young
>> dude by the name of Michael Dell.
>> This drive was remarkably durable, it ran for many years in my 4.77Mhz
>> IBM PC clone. I think this was back in late '84.
>> Wish I had kept it.
>>
>> Ron S.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:03 AM CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I still remember the sad day when I had to buy an 80MEG SCSI HDD for
>>> $800...  so sad...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:52 AM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My reminder of how spendy these things were is an Apacer 16Meg USB
>>>> stick, $322...
>>>>
>>>> Ron S.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 8:24 AM L.D. Paniak <
>>>> ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a 1GB stick I keep around exactly for that reason...
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2023-04-11 00:25, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>>>> > Anyone need 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 memory sticks?  Otherwise, it's to the
>>>>> > garbage.  To think the money I paid when they just came out, it
>>>>> makes
>>>>> > me cry...
>>>>> >
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