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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: DNS, FTP & Mail - for ISP
References: <44mmsd$1lda@news.gate.net> <44ro0o$r9l@tzlink.j51.com> <450eem$335@news.hal-pc.org> <450tf7$4n0@tzlink.j51.com> <454bpu$eev@uriah.heep.sax.de> <459tpi$g6v@tzlink.j51.com>
Organization: Mordor International
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:23:54 GMT
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Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote:
: J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: : Louis Epstein <lepslog@j51.com> wrote:
: : >OK...where did you find a controller that handles a 9GB disk?The main ones
: : >seem to stop at 8...which is why I ditched plans to use a 9 for news.
: 
: : Why should a SCSI controller stop at 8 GB?
: 
: : With 32-bit logical block numbers and the common value of 512 bytes
: : per block, you can address
: 
: : 2^(32+9)
: : 2199023255552
: 
: : bytes, or
: 
: : 2^(32+9)/(2^30)
: : 2048
: 
: : gigabytes.
: 
: Be that as it may,BusLogic and Adaptec are now making cards that can only
: handle 8GB or smaller drives.

Um, both the Adaptec 2940 and the Buslogic 946C will handle 9gb drives.

Chris

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