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    The maximum hard drive capacity for Intel 80286 based PC

    Mar 16, 2021

    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

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