> Alain<aze### [at] qwertyorg>  wrote:
>> I remember when having 48K of RAM was huge. I also remember an ad for a
>> 5Mb hard drive for $5000. It's size: 18.5" x 8" x 4.25". It had it's own
>> power supply.
>
>    I don't remember it, but I have been told that such hard drives used to
> be the size of a fridge at some point. (And probably more expensive than
> a car.)
>

That one was one of the very first ordinary consumer hard drives available.
It was colour and style matched for the Apple ][. It was made to stand 
on top of the Apple ][ case. Same width and hight. The other dimention 
matched the depth of the cover.

The ad put "More storage than you could ever use"... I have many 
individual files that just wont fit on that one.

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