"Scott Reynolds" <sar@gol.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi:bnt2mk$i5i$2@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp...
> On 10/31/2003 4:20 PM, Bryan Parker wrote:
>
> > Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> said:
> >
> >
> >>On 10/31/2003 5:41 AM, Haluk wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Bryan Parker" <puntspeedchunk@yahoo.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
> >>>yazdi:f082qv0f1i2f8uoa5t4tvf8ufa26qm7no8@4ax.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>"Haluk" <yokoolebiri@spam.net> said:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>"Scott Reynolds" <sar@gol.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
> >>>>>yazdi:bnqfte$q68$4@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>On 10/29/2003 9:32 PM, Haluk wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>"Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com>, haber iletisinde ?unlar?
> >>>>>>>yazd?:bno6ck$11c1m9$1@ID-174912.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Haluk hu kiteb:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>"Jean-Marc Desperrier" <jmdesp@alussinan.org>, haber iletisinde
> >>>>>>>>>sunlari yazdi:bno0q3$4ld$1@reader1.imaginet.fr...
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>SR wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>The "Computer Management" reports the HD as 128 GB   and
> >>>>>>>>>>>Partition Magic shows it as 131 GB.
> >>>>>>>>>>>185.2 GB is written on the hard disk...
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>So you go with your 180 Gb disk, but you've been hitting the LBA
> >>>>>>>>>>adressing limits of 128 Gb.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Back in 94 when disks were beginning to hit the 512 Mo limit,
LBA
> >>>
> >>>was
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>>something revolutionnary designed to avoid this kind of problem,
> >>>>>>>>>>ever, imagine this, it would go up to 128 Gb !
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Isn't it somewhat dumb to manufacture 180Gb HDs when there is
128Gb
> >>>>>>>>>limit? just thinking out loud
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I imagine it was also somewhat dumb to build massive 1GB drives
when
> >>>>>>>>there was a 512MB limit.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I may be wrong here but I think they have increased the limit (to
2Gb
> >>>>>
> >>>>>per
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>partition for Fat32) than introduced 1GB harddrives. Not sure
though,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>it's
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>been so long time. Ahh, floppy days, test drive, packman. Anyone
> >>>>>
> >>>>>remember
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>5.25" floppies?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hell, I remember 8" floppies.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I meant no offense sir... :)
> >>>>
> >>>>You don't know what I would have given for an 8"
> >>>>floppy this afternoon!
> >>>
> >>>Well If I'm to make a choice here I'd prefer today's 3.5" ones. They
are
> >>>compact and more resillient...
> >>
> >>They may be smaller, but they're harder.
> >
> >
> > Now, where have I heard that a thousand times
> > before?
>
> And did I mention that they last longer?
>

We're talking about different things, you know. I'm talking about drives
you're talking about discs