What did you buy today. - Page 274

indigolemon · 12 May 2017, 17:30

A whole 213Mb, wonder how much this cost in 1988?

Amiga1992 · 12 May 2017, 18:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

wonder how much this cost in 1988?

I don't think that drive is from 1988, it's probably later.
Anyway, in this archived mag from 1991 I found, it says it costed $777!

$3.64 per MB, compare to $0.000005 per MB on a Sandisk 2GB USB stick!!

indigolemon · 12 May 2017, 18:21

$777! I just paid £29 ($37) for it - so $0.17 per MB 26 years on

Amiga1992 · 12 May 2017, 20:18

Still more expensive than modern storage solutions :P

indigolemon · 12 May 2017, 21:01

More fun though

appiah4 · 16 May 2017, 16:49

The sticker on it says 1988, normally I'd be inclined to believe it, but I was actually doing research today on hdd sizes through the years in order to find period correct HDDs for my retro PC builds and I can say with confidence that 210MB HDDs became mainstream around 1992/93, 1988 we would probably be talking about 20MB with largest HDDs being 40MB..

Besides, I should know. I had the EXACT same drive in my 486 DX33 bought in 1993.

Amiga1992 · 16 May 2017, 16:57

I finally took the plunge and bought a Gotek device!
Yesterday all pieces of the puzzle arrived and the drive is flashed and ready to be used in an Amiga with Cortex firmware until I get the HxC bootloader

hansel75 · 18 May 2017, 15:02

Just received an MSI Geforce GTX 1080ti GamingX card for my pc

It's a beast!

Predseda · 18 May 2017, 15:06

Just ordered KS 3.1 for one of my A1200 from Amigakit

Daedalus · 18 May 2017, 15:36

I just ordered some prototype PCBs for making a new clockport splitter.

idrougge · 19 May 2017, 00:54

A vintage wireless Amiga mouse.

Predseda · 25 May 2017, 08:26

Just arrived,

thank you Amigakit!

NorthWay · 25 May 2017, 18:58

X-Surf 100 with USB module.
SCSI->SATA bridge. (Already had an SSD for it.)

And then my recapped 4000 PSU was dead... no good deed goes unpunished it seems - another roundtrip to the chipdoctor.

Sinphaltimus · 25 May 2017, 19:26

This, for my tower mod.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amig...%257Ciid%253A1

Neil79 · 30 May 2017, 00:33

Went on holiday, got up at 5am for the local booties

- Could see the resellers though, acting like vulchers

Got to be fast to get anything good and we were, all going towards our collection!

Havie · 30 May 2017, 07:44

Which boot sale was this Neil - went to local one yesterday (Warlingham) and there was nothing (did get a Doctor Who Wii remote for Little Hav and a pair of powerline adaptors thought for £1 each)?

Or did yo beat me to it...

Neil79 · 30 May 2017, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Havie

Which boot sale was this Neil - went to local one yesterday (Warlingham) and there was nothing (did get a Doctor Who Wii remote for Little Hav and a pair of powerline adaptors thought for £1 each)?

Or did yo beat me to it...

Some Bank Holiday booty outside Tonbridge

NorthWay · 30 May 2017, 11:47

I was at a retro fair the previous weekend and I found out that a GBA Micro is ruddy rare and expensive, and Shadow of the Beast III(3) is $tupid expensive (2500NOK).

Stejjie · 11 June 2017, 08:05

Very pleased: got a Mega Drive (hope that's not a dirty word around here...) plus 5 games (2 Toejam And Earl games, Puggsy, Lemmings and Sonic) plus 2 controllers for only £20 from a local charity shop! Apparently it had only been in the shop for about 10 minutes and the staff were taking bets about how long it'd be in for.

Tried it at home with an rf cable I had (it didn't come with its own) and it works fine, though the picture quality is rubbish - hoping a scart cable will improve that. Also, the mains adapter will need replacing ASAP as it looks seriously dodgy, but overall really pleased, especially at that price!

Predseda · 13 June 2017, 13:46

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12 May 2017, 17:30	#5461
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	A whole 213Mb, wonder how much this cost in 1988?

12 May 2017, 18:21	#5463
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	$777! I just paid £29 ($37) for it - so $0.17 per MB 26 years on

12 May 2017, 20:18	#5464
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Still more expensive than modern storage solutions :P

12 May 2017, 21:01	#5465
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	More fun though

16 May 2017, 16:49	#5466
appiah4 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 490	The sticker on it says 1988, normally I'd be inclined to believe it, but I was actually doing research today on hdd sizes through the years in order to find period correct HDDs for my retro PC builds and I can say with confidence that 210MB HDDs became mainstream around 1992/93, 1988 we would probably be talking about 20MB with largest HDDs being 40MB.. Besides, I should know. I had the EXACT same drive in my 486 DX33 bought in 1993.

16 May 2017, 16:57	#5467
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I finally took the plunge and bought a Gotek device! Yesterday all pieces of the puzzle arrived and the drive is flashed and ready to be used in an Amiga with Cortex firmware until I get the HxC bootloader

18 May 2017, 15:02	#5468
hansel75 Walk Off? Boolander! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gladstone Australia Age: 48 Posts: 628	Just received an MSI Geforce GTX 1080ti GamingX card for my pc It's a beast!

18 May 2017, 15:06	#5469
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Just ordered KS 3.1 for one of my A1200 from Amigakit

18 May 2017, 15:36	#5470
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	I just ordered some prototype PCBs for making a new clockport splitter.

19 May 2017, 00:54	#5471
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	A vintage wireless Amiga mouse.

25 May 2017, 08:26	#5472
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Just arrived, thank you Amigakit!

25 May 2017, 18:58	#5473
NorthWay Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Grimstad / Norway Posts: 839	X-Surf 100 with USB module. SCSI->SATA bridge. (Already had an SSD for it.) And then my recapped 4000 PSU was dead... no good deed goes unpunished it seems - another roundtrip to the chipdoctor.

25 May 2017, 19:26	#5474
Sinphaltimus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cresco, PA, USA Age: 53 Posts: 1,126	This, for my tower mod. http://m.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amig...%257Ciid%253A1

30 May 2017, 00:33	#5475
Neil79 Autistic 'n IRN! Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: - Posts: 2,978	Went on holiday, got up at 5am for the local booties - Could see the resellers though, acting like vulchers Got to be fast to get anything good and we were, all going towards our collection!

30 May 2017, 07:44	#5476
Havie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK Posts: 1,893	Which boot sale was this Neil - went to local one yesterday (Warlingham) and there was nothing (did get a Doctor Who Wii remote for Little Hav and a pair of powerline adaptors thought for £1 each)? Or did yo beat me to it...

30 May 2017, 11:47	#5478
NorthWay Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Grimstad / Norway Posts: 839	I was at a retro fair the previous weekend and I found out that a GBA Micro is ruddy rare and expensive, and Shadow of the Beast III(3) is $tupid expensive (2500NOK).

11 June 2017, 08:05	#5479
Stejjie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Urmston, Manchester, UK Posts: 23	Very pleased: got a Mega Drive (hope that's not a dirty word around here...) plus 5 games (2 Toejam And Earl games, Puggsy, Lemmings and Sonic) plus 2 controllers for only £20 from a local charity shop! Apparently it had only been in the shop for about 10 minutes and the staff were taking bets about how long it'd be in for. Tried it at home with an rf cable I had (it didn't come with its own) and it works fine, though the picture quality is rubbish - hoping a scart cable will improve that. Also, the mains adapter will need replacing ASAP as it looks seriously dodgy, but overall really pleased, especially at that price!

13 June 2017, 13:46	#5480
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539

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