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From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: formatting a miniscribe 3085
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Date: 9 Nov 90 16:36:17 GMT
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Brian writes:
>I have a 3085 myself and have to use DMDRVR.BIN in order to see any partitions
>that cross the 1024 cylinder mark.  I am running DOS 4.01, but the problem
>lies in the BIOS.  Evidently the BIOS cannot handle cylinders greater than
>1024.  BTW, this is a 71Meg drive (not 80Meg).

The 3085 is an 85mb drive (unformatted), about 71mb (DOS formatted).

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