On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote:

> > 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.


LOL.  I will see your ISA long form and raise you 100# two man lift best
guess 4Mb drive, IBM, I believe, that we recovered from a salvage.
Platters were LP size if memory serves.  We put it in the board room as a
drive evolution display.  That was about 8 yrs ago but it was a wild find.
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