Re: [NTLK] OT mini slow down was RE:Test

You think that's something...
Have a look back at the cost of hard drives...

http://www.alts.net/ns1625/winchest.html

128 megs, the size of my old flashdrive, would have cost $24,704 in
1980. 1950? You don't wanna know...

On Sep 18, 2007, at 4:34 PM, newtontalk@newtontalk.net wrote:

> On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:35 AM, Martin Joseph wrote:
>
>> On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Joshua Cearley wrote:
>>
>>> Ram isn't exactly THAT cheap if you're getting high quality ram or
>>> you're not upper middle class :P
>>
>> Actually it is unless your too young to remember when it cost an arm
>> and a leg...
>
> 49.95£ for 16kBytes. Hmm.
> That would be about 3 million pounds for 1GB or RAM... .
>
> But you can get much more expensive with ferrite core memory (30,000
> Euros for 480 bits):

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