.----.
                                      |C>_ |
                                    __|____|__
                                   |  ______--|
 __          __                    `-/.::::.\-'                ___
|  |--.-----|__|-----.-----.   .----.`------'------.-----.--.--|  |_.-----.----.
|  _  |  -__|  |  _  |  -__|___|  __|  _  |        |  _  |  |  |   _|  -__|   _|
|_____|_____|__|___  |_____/__/|____|_____|__|__|__|   __|_____|____|_____|__|  
 est. 2023 and |_____|  still not even running on  |__|  a real beige computer  

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:: IDE HARD DRIVE DEATH WATCH

   Sooner or later -- probably sooner, depending on one's definition of sooner 
   -- we will be living in a world where there is not a single IDE(/ATA/PATA) 
   hard drive still functioning. As a retrocomputerateur, I still have a bunch 
   of IDE disks in "service". I thought it would be fun to see which is the 
   last drive standing. This is extremely unscientific. "Working" means 
   generally OK in use, makes a minimum of horrible noises, doesn't corrupt 
   data, passes ScanDisk/badblocks or equivalent.

   2025 is very late to start collecting statistics on this kind of thing. 
   Nevertheless, data collection began in January 2025. I have chosen to 
   initially include some of the various dead drives I still have around, even 
   though I don't know when they died.

:: STILL GOING

   MODEL                      SIZE   MFG'D  LAST ALIVE  YEARS  COMMENTS
   =====                      ====   =====  ==========  =====  ================
   Seagate ST34342A           4.3G   1998   2025-01-27  27     passed badblocks
   Maxtor 51024U2            10.2G   1999   2025-01-27  26     passed badblocks
   Quantum Fireball Plus LM  10.0G   2000?  2025-01-27  25     passed badblocks

:: DYING

   ...

:: RIP

   MODEL                      SIZE   MFG'D  LAST ALIVE  YEARS  COMMENTS
   =====                      ====   =====  ==========  =====  ================
   Fujitsu MPG3409AT-TC       40G    2001   ???         ???    dead 2025-01-26

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