Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:34:29 +0100
From: Matthias Paul <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Maximum floppy drive size
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> >> Can anyone tell me if OpenDOS has the same 32Mb limit for floppy drives?
> [...]
>  I tried ZapA and it works perfectly with OpenDos v7.01
> The entire 100mb 'is' accessible just as if you had a 100mb floppy.
Aha, very interesting. I haven t seen ZapA yet, but this shows, that 
it does not actually handle a ZIP media like a floppy, more like an 
(ejectable) harddisk (similar to what the Iomega drivers do). 

> So, for anyone who gets ZapA, don't use any of these DOS utilities
> to format, diskcopy or diskcomp the ZipDisk.
>  Use the utilities that came with ZipDrive.
Yep - at least until these tools get extended to handle SuperFloppies 
(and even harddisks) - I m not only thinking about it... ;-)

Matthias
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