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Article #3467Re: Hard Disk Setup Problem - I Need Help
From: Clarence Dold
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 15:32
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 15:32
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in article <304@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>, ra@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM says:
> The harddisk I have is a Miniscribe Cyl 771, HD 4, Pre 128, PZ 810, Sec 26
> Size 39. It was orginally in a Packard Bell computer.
The Miniscribe 20MB had a jumper that would configure the 4hd / 26 sector
as if it were 6 * 17, wasting a little, but making it compatible with
BIOS type 2, ( I think ). I've got documents buried somewhere.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!ctnews!mitisft!dold From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Hard Disk Setup Problem - I Need Help Message-ID: <1614@mitisft.Convergent.COM> Date: 26 Sep 90 15:32:16 GMT References: <304@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA Lines: 13