Category Archives: Storage

Removable CF Card, or Not

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Michal Necasek

This is from the “learn something new every day” category. I’ve been using CompactFlash cards together with IDE adapters for several years now. It’s a terrific way to manage storage for vintage PCs. CF cards are cheap, fast, (relatively) capacious, … Continue reading →

Posted in CompactFlash, Storage, ThinkPad | 19 Comments

Synology DSM 6 and Vintage Clients

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Michal Necasek

I’ve been a Synology DiskStation NAS user for four years now and used them as a SMB file server which is, among other things, accessed from various vintage clients (OS/2, DOS, Windows 9x, etc.). After upgrading to DSM 6, I found … Continue reading →

Posted in Networking, Software Hacks, Storage | 10 Comments

Seagate ST-225: Just Wow

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Michal Necasek

A few weeks ago a Seagate ST-225 drive more or less accidentally landed at the OS/2 Museum. The drive is nearly 30 years old (manufactured in late 1986) and rather interestingly, this particular unit comes with a label declaring it … Continue reading →

Posted in PC hardware, Storage | 33 Comments