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From: cwwj@ur-tut.UUCP (Clarence Wilkerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HD Controller advice
Message-ID: <1002@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 88 14:53:54 GMT
References: <23048@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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Summary: Problem with interrupt call to HD


I believe that not only do the controllers not support the
more than 1023 cylinders, but that only 10 bits are allotted
in the standard calls to the controllers. A smarter ROM
BIOS chip on the controller can claim more heads or more
sectors to work around this problem.