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Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by floxy on Monday January 30, 2023 @06:59PM (#34588596)
The original IBM PC/XT had a 10 MB internal 5-1/4" hard drive in 1983.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer_XT

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Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by h0l0cube on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:26PM (#34589577)
I'm aware that small form factor hard drives existed at this time, they just didn't have the capacity for a medical database.
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