Re: A86: Hardrive


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Re: A86: Hardrive




Note: I had a 286 running on only floppies...so...XT's were not the last.

Also, I still have an XT and that 286 (both work fine).

At 11:37 PM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Otherwise known as XT's.  The final version (pre 286) featured a whopping
>30 MB hard drive (if it was in a good mood that day)
>
>I still have one (in pieces) that may or may not work if someone wants it.
>
>At 04:52 PM 9/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>I don't know about anyone else...but that sounds wrong to me... the
>>harddrive stores data. When u want to use that data, it is sent to the RAM
>>where it can be actively used by the computer. If u remove a harddrive your
>>computer CAN operate, it just needs a bootable floppy. Although this limits
>>the computer, it will still run. I've used many old computers that run off
>>only a book disk.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 06:45 PM 9/24/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>>
>>>A hard drive is the memory component that stores the RAM(Random Access 
>>>Memory). It is a physical item and once remove the computer won't work.
>>>
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