"and hard drives have been out as long as computers have existed." - Animal Mother
Wrong. Actually, though they\'ve been around awhile, I\'d hardly say that HD\'s were around back in the 60\'s. Back then, everything was stored on tapes that looked like projector film and punch cards. Harddrives didn\'t really start becomming an option in computers until the mid 80\'s when more and more companies were buying IBM\'s and Apples for their daily operations. Even then, it wasn\'t until the early 90\'s that harddrives have been standard in computers. I still have several games from 89-91 that list Harddrives as "Optional" or "Recommended but not necessarry."