Re: A86: Hardrive
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Re: A86: Hardrive
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:
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>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:
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>>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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