1 Apr
2014
1 Apr
'14
9:55 a.m.
And I forgot to mention
add real pictures of surviving drives
like
http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/hdinfo/viewdrivedetails.php?ma…
Dave Caroline
On 01/04/2014, Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist at gmail.com> wrote:
There was a text file called hdinfo and also at least
one distributor made a
CD
I had a play and stuffed the pair into mysql, the job is not complete
as I need to merge the two sources and add other info when time allows
http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/hdinfo/
Dave Caroline
ps other info
Hard Disk Secrets
John M. Goodman, PhD IDG Books Worldwide Inc
On 01/04/2014, Steven M Jones <classiccmp at crash.com> wrote:
On 03/31/2014 09:48 PM, Sam Onella wrote:
My mind isn't coming up with the name of the
software or reference but
wasn't there a huge hardware database program with hundreds or thousands
of hard drive specs listed? Maybe that implies they're all CHS though. I
think the name was pretty simple though. Something hardware Reference?
Not that much help I know.
Reminds me of Corporate Systems Center's Hard Drive Bible. When I got a
copy, it was a three-ring binder full of specs on MFM and ESDI drives.
Looks like you can browse the 8th edition on Archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/CSC_Hard_Drive_Bible_Edition_8_1996
Wow, they really expanded this thing in later years...
--Steve.