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Re: HD park

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From: Karey Barnett
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 22:38
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    Hi,
    For parking the heads using interrupt 0x13, function 0x19, the
    "ID" that needs to be put into DL has values 0x80 to 0xff.
    Thus, to park drive C:, put 0x80 into DL.  For drive D:, use 0x81, etc.
    I got this information from an advanced MSDOS programming book.
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From: barnett@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Karey Barnett)
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Subject: Re: HD park
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Date: 22 May 91 22:38:51 GMT
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