Question: I got myself an Intel 80286 based PC. It has 40Mb hard drive installed. What is the maximum hard drive capacity that this PC can handle?
Answer: Hard to say exactly because the limit is partly BIOS based, but 504MB is a likely candidate.
Good article about the limits here:
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm