File card

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A filecard or hardcard is a combination of hard drive (mostly in 3.5 "format) and controller , either mounted together on a carrier plate or even manufactured as an integrated assembly ( plug-in card ).

File card

Filecards were popular at the beginning of the IBM -compatible personal computers , as they allowed space-saving, inexpensive and even less experienced users to expand the storage capacity by installing them in an expansion slot of the computer.

The installation of filecards in computers of the Commodore - Amiga series was also very common ; primarily in the A1060 sidecar , as this did not have any normal slots for hard disk drives. Even with the actually more generous case of the Amiga 2000 , this solution was often preferred for reasons of price and availability. While PC-File Cards usually with 8-bit ST506 were equipped and controllers (was additionally the use of an XT or AT Bridge boards required), the model range included for the Amiga computer almost exclusively SCSI - and IDE ( ATA ) host adapter .

Since hard drives are now standard equipment in every personal computer, filecards are practically no longer found in normal retail.

Individual evidence

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