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does anyone else remember the exact POST sequence sounds for the first HDD they ever owned?

mine turned out to be - after an hour of research - a Western Digital WD-383 (aka. Tandon TM-383) RLL 30mb hdd, belonging to my family's first PC: a 1989 Amstrad PC2086/30 8Mhz XT.

the exact sequence of chitters, judders and beeps is burned into my brain. sadly, there are no recordings of that particular drive stored online. it's smaller cousin, the Tandon TM-252 has plenty of videos - unfortunately it has a slightly different self-test cycle.