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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:53:43 +0100 (MET)
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: RESEND: Patch to computer st_blksize in struct stat
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Martin Stromberg wrote:
> 
> > Is a ZIP disk a floppy?
> 
> It's not a floppy.
> 
> AFAIU, the special treatment for floppies was reserved for drives A: and 
> B: only.

Good plan, but note that ATAPI ZIP drives will turn out on drive letter
B:, usually, if the BIOS supports them. Same for LS-drives.

I.e. going by the driver letter alone, you would think a typical current
ZIP drive is a floppy, and that's clearly wrong.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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