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Posted by John P Bengi on May 4, 2006, 8:08 pm
Get a larger hardrive for cheap (say 20 Gig for $40). Forget the huge
size and only use the first 540 megabytes. Partition the hardrive into
c: d: e: f: g: h: i: j: etc... into 32 MByte partitions using Fdisk. I
believe 32MByte was as large as MSDos could manage in one chunk and
540 MBYte was as large as the controller chip could handle. You may be
able to purchase an old XT or PC hardrive like this for $5 someplace.
Now you have a mchine with a 32 MB C: drive ofr your OS and many other
drives for different type of patterns and work.
> My 1994 car doesn't have a 1985 drivetrain. Frankly, I'm more
> worried
> about compatibility than performance. I've had difficulty finding
> parts
> for a 83 BMW I owned recently. Likewise, if the hard drive fails on
> this machine, can I find one to replace it? There's not much of that
> older stuff around without paying a "collector" price for it and
> none
> of the newer stuff (of which I have plenty on hand) is compatible.
> With
> only 20MB available on the harddrive, (and at 95% capacity), there
> is
> little wiggle room. I tried the serial connection but that doesn't
> seem
> to be working (can I find a replacement? - I doubt it) so to clean
> up
> requires a chain of floppies to transfer files. Back in the day, it
> was
> fine but today, it's just aggrevating. Especially since it really is
> (at it's core) just an older, slower PC in there. I'm really
> surprised
> someone hasn't developed an interface to that machine that would
> accept
> a newer faster processor.
>
> I shouldn't let it get to me - after all, it is my wife's business.
>
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