(1988) Introducing the [re-writable] CDROM. Price: $5000

This is a clip from a 1988 episode from the old computer tech show called Computer Chronicles.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Computer
• Chronicles
• 1988
• CDROM
• expensive
• tech
• technology

[SCSNSE]

This isn't about a CD-ROM drive... it's about a drive that supports "rewritable" discs. Judging from the date, I assume this was a CD-MO drive, and not CD-RW?

[bishoplord]

If I put CD-MO as the title, would anybody beside you know what I was talking about? Even I had to Google CD-MO (Never heard of it). CD-Rom for $5000 was to grab your attention.

[bishoplord]

My very first CD-Rom (it was only a 2x) came bundled with software and games was something like $429 from The Good Guys. This was in 1994.

[s043487263]

ahahahah $5000 for one CDROM lol i just got 10 of them for under 10$ im gonna time travel back & become a billionaire

[TheAndroidNerd]

for that cost now you could buy over 30 terrabytesss of hard drives...fyi, i have 4.6 terrabytes

[HoneycombAgent]

@robloxlover55 Well heck, even Blu-ray disc drives and media cost that much!

[xtremeteamcorp]

@qwert102030

I know it made me chuckle too.

[rfvtgbzhn]

@robloxlover55 well, this was in 1988, harddisks where also not cheap at tht time, I guess that a 300MB HDD was about 1000$ back then, so a 5000$ CD-RW drive could have been a good investment if you have to store and rewrite big amounts of data, because you only needed a few disks to save the 5000$ on hard disks or tapes (a disks was available at 100$). And also I guess that the first CD-Rs where not of such a bad quality as most modern CD-Rs, so they could also be used for longtime storage.

[MoreDanYouKnow]

sounds great. where can i buy one of these? will buying second hand save me any money?

[robloxlover55]

5 thousand Dollars? Are they out of there Fuckin Minds?