It's a reason not to use a hard drive from over 20 years ago.

But if you're stuck with hardware that old, an SSD isn't an option.

IDE SSDs have been a niche but readily-available product for as long as consumer SSDs have been mainstream. CompactFlash cards ensured that the necessary controller chips were available.

	▲	Dylan16807 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Okay I guess you can use a 4GB CompactFlash card that cost a thousand dollars at the time. (While a laptop hard drive could reach 100GB.)