Keith, at 19:43 on Jul 15 1996, you wrote to Bob Lawrence...

BL> I thought that was what LBA did: change all the addresses. The data is
BL> still there... it's just that you don't know where.

KR> in theory, there should be no problem with accessing the data either way 
KR> unless the bios has the wrong disk geometry. there are some problems also 
KR> with the lba algorithms with some bioses, from memory, western digital's is 
KR> suspect.

That was quite true with WD's Mode 3 850Mb and 1.2Gb HDs of about 6-8
months ago, but not so with their newer Mode 4s, which is why WD's HDs of
those capacities disappeared from general sale for a short while, around
4-6 months ago.  Jack's was originally one of the dodgy Mode 3 1.2Gb
drives, and was eventually replaced with a 1.6Gb Mode 4 which has so far
not missed a beat (damn fast drive, too), and my own Mode 4 1.2Gb WD drive
is also flying.

Regards, Bill
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