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Re: It's 1997! (found an ad)

From	Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net>
Newsgroups	rocksolid.shared.general
Subject	Re: It's 1997! (found an ad)
Date	2025-02-14 11:37 -0600
Organization	OCTADE
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On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 13:03:17 +0000
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

> 3 1/2-inch full-height
> Fast SCSI-2 Interface with Single-Ended Drivers/Receivers
> Retail: $1499.00
> Model: 3243 AV internal 3.5 HH
> Formatted Capacity: 4,295mb
> Bytes per Sector:   512
> Sectors per Track:  Variable
> Cylinders:          3,956
> 
> -- 
> Retro Guy

I remember when computer equipment was expensive. A floppy drive was about $350 when I first learned about computers. In today's dollars that would be like $1500 or more.

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It's 1997! (found an ad) Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> - 2025-02-08 13:03 +0000
  Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> - 2025-02-14 11:37 -0600
    Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> - 2025-02-14 11:56 -0700
      Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-15 09:03 +1000
        Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> - 2025-02-14 16:18 -0700
        Re:  Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) prysm1 <prysm1@cw.qc.to> - 2025-02-15 15:09 +0000
          Re:  Re: It's 1997! (found an ad) not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-16 08:00 +1000

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