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From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How to determine what type of drive?
Message-ID: <1990Nov30.110212.323@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 30 Nov 90 09:02:12 GMT
References: <1990Nov29.145358.14577@cbnewsm.att.com> <1990Nov30.105321.322@sc2a.unige.ch>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <1990Nov30.105321.322@sc2a.unige.ch>, fisher@sc2a.unige.ch writes:
> I've been using a program by Russell Nelson (1988) called "df" for some time
> now.  It shows the drive usage for all drives.  As it comes in C source, I
> know it uses a dos data structure known as the "list of lists", containing
> pointers to "drive info" tables.  Maybe these tables contain what you're
> looking for.

Stupid of me!  What you're really looking for is the program called "infoplus".
Gives you all sort of system information, and on page 13 the description of
all drives...  Oh yes, and it comes with pascal source.

Sorry for the double follow-up.

Markus Fischer, Dpt. of Anthropology, Geneva CH