A few weeks ago I got a call from somebody that was wondering if I really have 23+ years of computer hobby experience …
Oh o!
That’s usually when the interesting questions are being asked after And yup … wasn’t wrong. If I can recover a data from a harddrive from an old computer.
Yes …
I mean usually when I get questions like that, they’re talking about a computer that 10 maybe 15 years old. Well not in this case. We’re talking about a 80286 computer. Still I accepted the challenge as I though I would be able to hook up the hard drive to my multi-HD USB interface … until I received the computer.
Laser 80286 computer
Not exactly in a mint condition; rust and dust all over. Definitely not going to turn it on.
Unscrewing
The outer casing has rust all over, and unscrewing it revealed this:
Oh boy … that’s indeed OLD stuff. With two interface cards that I never seen before. Was looking for the harddrive … and found it in the lower tray.
Vintage Hard Disk NEC D5128H (c.1987)
The amount of dust is again unsettling,but that black thing on the side isn’t a fan, it’s the actual motor the drives the harddisk! Oh wow … harddrive museum piece, with an interface I have seen in more than two decades … and definitely not something that I can hook up on USB.
Research
Spinning up What it’s going to sound like later on
Interface
Articles:
Picture:
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: October 2022 - October 9, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: August 2022 - August 23, 2022
- [NL] Ultra Light digital nomad Europe travel with Ryanair / Wizz Air - August 20, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: July 2022 - July 27, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: April 2022 - April 2, 2022
Communities I have been 'hanging out' regularly over the past two decades.
- Nomadlist.com since 2022-04
- Empire.Kred since 2021-07
- Karma-Lab.com since 2019-01
- Invision Community since 2018-05
- Insanely Mac since 2018-02
- eGPU.io since 2017-04
- Tech Inferno since 2016-08
- forum.VestaCP.com since 2016
- WordPress.org since 2015-12
- Couch Surfing since 2014
- BitcoinTalk.org since 2014-03
- Warrior Forum since 2013-07
- Empire Avenue since 2013
forum.OSXLatitude.comsince 2011-08- Envato (i.e. CodeCanyon) since 2011-07
- TripAdvisor since 2010-09
MoneyMakerGroup.comsince 2007-03- HardWare.info since 2003-08
- SynthForum.NL since 2001-11
- gathering.tweakers.net since 2000-11
Note: links go to my profile on those respective sites. Connect with me if you like.
- EarnWithEarnie.io since 2022
- EarnWithEarnie.net since 2018
- BestProfitsTeam.com since 2017
- CycleClubMembers.com since 2015
- BestSTIFORPteam.com 2013-2021
