Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:43:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: miky@pcnet.pcnet.ro Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what relation is between the microproc,highway & disk size Message-ID: <199808270343.UAA18902@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <691@miky.pcnet.ro> from "Mike T." at "Aug 26, 98 12:26:25 pm"
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According to Mike T.: > Hy folkes, hy Gary ! > > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > > My newer 6x86 that was damaged late last June has been restored to > > a P200 with 64MB and still has its 10GB of disk. > > > Pls.excuse me if I'm intruding,I have a question,it may be a little > off-topic,but since I read the 2 lines above I have no peace finding > out this : > > - What relation is between the microprocessor,the number of bits of > the computer (or microprocessors) highways and the maximum disk size > that the microprocessor can access ( see ) ? > > - I'm asking this because I read somewhere that a certain micro.,not > remember now what it was,could not access ( see ) more than 4GB. > > - So I suppouse that I can't access with a 286 ,say a 10GB disk. > > - Happily,I own a Intel-Pentium-133MHz.Would he "see" a 10GB disk if > I'll buy one ? > > please enlight me. > miky@pcnet.pcnet.ro > Hi Mike, I'll let somebody more hardware-savvy answer this one! People?? gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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