The hard drive/controller card combination lasted well into the 386/486
era. I did not get my first PC until 1993 (a 486DX 33 MHz); prior to
that I spent hours on the C64s at school. I was interested in
purchasing a 250 MB hardcard drive, when I realized it would be easier
to replace the drive. My parents weren't happy that I disassembled and
reassembled the family computer, but they did chip in for a 700 MB hard
drive (who could fill up all that space?) Enough memories ...
Jordan
On 01/11/2017 04:50 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
On 01/11/2017 05:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote:
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller <fredrolle...@gmail.com>
wrote:
1G
*..1T...
:D
I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB.
I'll raise you two 5ΒΌ" floppies and see you :-)
Sitting on a shelf I have a 30Mb HardCard which is a hard disk mounted
on a long-form ISA card. You lift the lid of your PC XT, push in the
card, close the lid, and reboot -- presto! you have a 30Mb D: drive. No
drivers, zero config. It still works, and on it I found a copy of
WordStar 1512 and a copy of TeX, all in functioning order. However, I
have not tried it under Ubuntu yet.
///Peter
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