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Article #27133Re: hard disk info
From: dyer
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1987 17:39
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1987 17:39
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in article <8706060844.AA10957@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, schoepf@DMZRZU71.BITNET says:
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> |X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X| | | | |
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> \__________ __________/ | | | \______ 0 = read, 1 = read
> V | | |________ 1 = ignore media change
> "don't care" | |__________ (hard disk only)
> | 1 = no retries
> |____________ (hard disk only)
> 1 = recno is absolute
Slight nitpick: Those aren't "don't care" bits --- they are
reserved and should be zero. These bits are documented in the ST
BIOS Reference Manual....
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