Time: Mon Nov 04 14:28:07 1996
To: litz@pta6000.pld.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Re: L&J: 9 GB single letter drive
Cc: litz@sunflower.net
Bcc: 

At 01:04 PM 11/4/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote:
>(from the liberty and justice list)
>> 
>> I am looking for a computer
>> supplier who can assemble
>> a dual-Pentium DOS machine, 64MB,
>> with a 9GB hard disk (7200 rpm),
>> a single letter drive ("C:")
>> and the new OEM version
>> of Windows 95.  Please respond
>> here.  Thanks.
>> 
>> /s/ Paul Mitchell
>> 
>
>
>I build custom computers, such as what you have 
>described, at reasonable price.
>
>However, in DOS, the largest single volume DOS can 
>recognize is 2 GB, so the 9 GB disk would have to be 
>partitioned into 5 drives.  The same holds true with 
>Windows 95 if you want to retain 8 by 3 (xxxxxxxx.xxx) 
>file compatibility (Windows 95, despite Microsoft's 
>advertisements, still runs on top of DOS, although it is 
>a scaled back DOS).
>
>You may contact me by:
>316-277-4574 (day)
>316-275-4891 (nights)
>316-277-4595 (fax)
>litz@pta6000.pld.com or litz@sunflower.net


I hear there is an OEM version of Windows 95
which has solved the problem with the limited
FAT.  It can handle very large hard disks
as a single partition, without needing a 
RAID controller.  What do you hear?

/s/ Paul Mitchell
      

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