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[G W Adkins]

> > > have to be careful about hitting the limits (138gigs is it?) of IDE.
> > oh, uhm, ahhhhh, there is a limit?
> For a single IDE drive yes there is currently a limit.  I hear they're
> working on an "Enhanced ATA" (or something like that) that will either
> raise or eliminate the 138-and-some-odd gig limit.

I thinked they passed 'Enhanced' two or three kludge revisions ago...

> Not really.  The 138G (or so) limit is only in the IDE command set.
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yet another (did we lose count yet?) demonstration of the innate inferiority
of the interface.

George