On 02/06/2016 10:54 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 02/05/2016 04:55 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:47:14 -0500, wrote:

What about 10, 20, 30, and 35MB drives???

The 10 made a good door stop


The first HD I used was a borrowed 10MB. The brand name was Rodime.

The first HD I bought (in 1990) was a 30MB Seagate for $299.95. That was
$30 more than a 20MB drive. Is was the same except for the included
controller, and was not compatible with 386 enhanced mode (for Windows).

I remember that is could be low-level formatted using the controller
ROM. You'd start DEBUG and enter something like gC000:000C.



I remember using "debug" to do that!


I also recall the day, nervous and with trembling hands, I replaced the
850meg drive in my P-1 with an enormous 2 gig drive.

Never thought I'd get that thing filled up!