> I was reminded recently that some people (students / hobbyists) with old
> machines have problems with large discs. Some of these machines max out at
2GB
> per disc and and some others at 8GB per disc.

Getting off thread, but, MOST PC's will allow larger than 2GB or 8GB HDD by
using software provided free by the disk manufacturer. Certainly Seagate and
Maxtor do this. While some now extremely venerable PCs do not support LBA,
these would be getting extremely antique, even for students. Depends on
country of course. In NZ a 386 is a throwaway item (I'm still using one as a
video tape record keeper by my TV) and a 486 is largely the same. Pentiums
under about 150 MHz are not considered useful for much. A 400 MHz odd
Pentium equivalent costs maybe $US60 - $100.

        RM

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