23-10-2026, 08:53 AM
Support for the hard disk system ended around late 1986 when the Premium series was being phased out in favour of the 256TC.
As the hard disk bios was a different build (forked development if you like) there were no further updates to the BIOS or system software for the hard disk systems.
Although there was a 50way interface on the 256TC, there was never an external hard disk for it, which was really a bit narrow sighted. The 256TC after all, was a
knee-jerk development (after the Gamma & Delta were cancelled) that offered no technology enhancement over the premium series aside from a larger memory drive.
In regards to the Backup program though, it's not suited to the Hard disk bee anyway. The normal hard disk master usually has a program called 'Maintain' which allows you to
do a floppy backup of the hard disk image, among other things (like manage bad tracks etc.).
As the hard disk bios was a different build (forked development if you like) there were no further updates to the BIOS or system software for the hard disk systems.
Although there was a 50way interface on the 256TC, there was never an external hard disk for it, which was really a bit narrow sighted. The 256TC after all, was a
knee-jerk development (after the Gamma & Delta were cancelled) that offered no technology enhancement over the premium series aside from a larger memory drive.
In regards to the Backup program though, it's not suited to the Hard disk bee anyway. The normal hard disk master usually has a program called 'Maintain' which allows you to
do a floppy backup of the hard disk image, among other things (like manage bad tracks etc.).