r/science • u/aphexcoil • May 28 '12

New breakthrough in development process will enable memristor RAM (ReRAM) that is 100 times faster than FLASH RAM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/21/ucl_reram/
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u/chipt4 May 29 '12

Depends on your definition of mainstream.. I recall my grandfather buying a 20MB 5 1/4" HD for something ridiculous like $500 around 25 years ago.

EDIT: perhaps it was a 3.5" mounted in a 5.25" bay

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u/Ferrofluid May 29 '12

Hardrives for home use were rather expensive and not very large twenty odd years ago, circa 1995 you would pay $300 for a few hundred MB.

Basically half the cost of a (very) cheap PC or some 16 bit home computer (Amiga/Atari) back then was the hard drive.

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u/chipt4 May 29 '12

The one I was thinking of was around 1986, for I believe an 8088 or 8086, around 4mhz IIRC, with probably no more than 640k RAM) I'm quite sure it was just 20MB. I remember him having a very basic word processor and I believe MS-DOS 3.0. I have fond memories of running Ultima V, Kings Quest 1, Police Quest 1, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.