Hard Drive for old 486 Computer?

[teddyv]

Hi Folks - I found an old 486 computer in the attic and would like to get it going to load up some old programs (OK, play Ultima VII) but it does not have a hard drive in it. I figure I will have to run Win95 at most - will a modern pata drive work?

Thanks!

 

[robisbell]

not likely, and most would blow the old PSU in it. you'll have to hit ebay and used pc shops near you for old 100MB or so drives. maybe no more than a 40MB drive.

 

[oynaz]

Originally posted by: robisbell
and most would blow the old PSU in

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:roll:

 

[oynaz]

I believe a modern drive would work (no guarantees, though), and you will probably have a hard time getting past the BIOS's size limitation. IIRC, 486's were limited to 512 Mb HDDs. Or was it 32 Gb?

Go ahead and try, though.