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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I remember manually programming the cylinders and heads on a hdd into the bios. Kids these days got it easy

I had a little book with the settings for almost every brand and model of hard drive that existed when published.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

And when the bits feel off the end and you had to wind them back on with a pencil.