The Changing Face of Everyday Technology

摘要

In 1980 even a powerfulrnpersonal computer like thernApple II Plus did not come withrna hard drive; at $1,500 for a 5 megabyte model, the drivesrncost more than the computer itself. Instead, Apple's mass storage system was a $495 floppy disk drive using disks that heldrn140 kilobytes of data apiece. (If you were a big spender, yourncould spring for dual drives.)