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  From: Rick Marshall <rjm@herzfeld.com.au>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:35:25 +1100

Re: Big disk drive + small PC + linux

Mark Newton wrote:

> Rick Marshall wrote:
>
>  > The 1023 limit is because the BIOS uses only 10 bits for cylinder
>  > address. The other 6 are used for something else.
>
> The number of heads (which is why you can only have 64 heads on your
> 1024 cylinder disk).
>

Hi Mark,

of course you're right ... it's been a long day  ...

Rick

>
>    - mark
>
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