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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsc!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!rnichols
  3. From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
  4. Subject: Re: The maxtor 213 meg drive is NOT 213 megs!
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.044025.17369@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  6. Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
  7. Organization: AT&T
  8. References: <lestrade.725128294@Ra.MsState.Edu> <s106275.725140761@ee.tut.fi> <gting.725143054@sfu.ca>
  9. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 04:40:25 GMT
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  12. In article <gting.725143054@sfu.ca> gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Sii Kuok Ting) writes:
  13. ...
  14. >I thought most manufacturers put down the UNformatted capacity of the drive?
  15. ...
  16.  
  17. IDE drives are spec-ed by their formatted capacity, since they are
  18. formatted by the manufacturer and the actual geometry is hidden from
  19. the user.
  20.  
  21. Bob Nichols
  22. AT&T Bell Laboratories
  23. rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
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