[Cialug] Not that big? (Was Command Line Linux)

[chris]

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> I'm fairly "dated" myself. My first x86 PC had a 20mb Seagate HD, until 
> I got a used Mitsubishi 60mb drive (5.25" full height) that sounded like 
> it was driven by the motor from a Mitsubishi Zero.
> 
> -dc

I spent my early days swapping from 143k(?) play disk to character disk in the Wizardry series and Ultima I/II/III and I
thought that was a huge improvement over the cassette tape storage on my Timex Sinclair.  You guy's are all spoiled. ;)

On another topic, those early Seagates were nearly bullet proof. My first usable (IDE) HD's were seagates and I recall
using a pair of 104MB ones for years before one of them failed when a mouse peed on it.  I'm not kidding.  The stuff
stinks and makes a green foam when subjected to heat and electricity.  (Please don't try this at home.) No doubt what it
was, I found half a cheesy puff that I had dropped and had disappeared before I managed to pick it up inside the case
and a wee bit of #2 near by.  Those metal clips from the unused card slots really do serve a purpose.

crr

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