Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:07:31 +0200 (IST)
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> > 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.

What is the block size of a ZIP drive?  Reporting a wrong number is the
only wrong thing we would do for ZIP drives mapped to B:, in the context 
of this discussion.

(Personally, I think mapping ZIP drives to B: is an insane thing to do, 
but that's just me.)