very old HD next to new Jump drive.

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very old HD next to new Jump drive.

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Ok, picture of an OLD 115MB HD from an IBM machine (pushing 20years old) with a 1year old 256MB USB Jump Drive.

God love technology.

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ok, your asking yourself "were in the heck did he find that?" well this is one of the many gems I'm finding while going through the company PC bone yard.

anyone need token ring cards... I have several... PCI and ISA
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hmm that old drive would make a nice sound with a sledgehammer :mrgreen:
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dicecca112 wrote:hmm that old drive would make a nice sound with a sledgehammer :mrgreen:
history should be treated with respect! I suggest a door stop or to open it up... Heck if it's being pictched I'll take it for my collection... hehe
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bah I still have a working 386 in my basement along with a lot of 5.25inch floppy software. For got sake I have the original Norton Systemworks
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I still have my dad's old apple IIe, it plays Zork, Planetfall and Olympic Decathalon like crazy! Seriously though I love Planetfall its better than any game out right now. Seriously.

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wow, I knew things were big back then, but dang!

Love to know its transfer rate, bet its worse than a floppy disk!

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Apoptosis wrote:
dicecca112 wrote:hmm that old drive would make a nice sound with a sledgehammer :mrgreen:
history should be treated with respect! I suggest a door stop or to open it up... Heck if it's being pictched I'll take it for my collection... hehe
I have a couple more (yes I said more) I have a use for this one, I gank you one.
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haha... right on!
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