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From: scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Max cylinder in DOS 4.01?
Keywords: DOS 4.01
Message-ID: <145@thor.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 90 19:31:01 GMT
References: <11478@cs.utexas.edu> <1742@io.UUCP>
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In article <1742@io.UUCP>, prs@io.UUCP (Paul Schmidt) writes:
> 1024 is the maximum number of cylinders a standard, compatible _BIOS_
> can handle. With the appropriate device drivers, I should think that
> virtually any version of DOS could handle larger drives. I expect that
> when you purchase a large drive, that the supplier should provide a
> compatible device driver.

Rumor has it that the next release of DOS after 5.0 will provide
support for disk with more than 1024 cylinders.
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