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From: wilker@descartes.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
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Subject: Re: 8 meg limit
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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:26:09 GMT
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It seems to me like RLB's reply is a good explanation of why
the maximum size of file would be 8 megs, if we can access
sectors of the file by a 16 bit integer. Why does it dictate
the max. logical size of the disk, however?
Clarence