Reliable method to find Track/Cylinder or Block Number???

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From: Don taylor
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 02:03

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Is there a fairly reliable, i.e. works with almost anybodies disk contoller,
way to find the last track and cylinder that was accessed or the last disk
block that was accessed?

I have looked at a number of the MSDOS programming manuals and have not seen
this mentioned anywhere.  It seems like there should be a variable somewhere
in MSDOS memory that reflects this.

Please reply by email if possible

Thanks
Don Taylor
503-235-6853
dont@klic.rain.com
qiclab!loop!dont

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From: dont@klic.rain.com (Don taylor)
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Subject: Reliable method to find Track/Cylinder or Block Number???
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Date: 3 Oct 92 02:03:11 GMT
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