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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-09-25 20:54, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   > On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:51:36 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> I had a V20 too, and (at least where I bought it) I could get a 30MB   
   >>> (RLL)   
   >>> for only $20 more than the 20MB. It was one where you could still do a   
   >>> low-level format. Enter DEBUG and a command like "G=C000:000C". I first   
   >>> got Spinrite because it could change the interleave,   
   >>   
   >> I had an Amstrad PC 1512 DD, ie, dual floppy. I later bought a HD   
   >> mounted on a card, 32 megs which apparently was the maximum that could   
   >> be done. Friends of mine had a 10MB HD and complained it was full. So I   
   >> went for bigger.   
   >   
   > 32MB was the largest partition size supported by the early version of   
   > FAT16 (16-bit sector count * 512-byte sector size). The disk could be   
   > larger, but then you'd need more partitions.   
      
   Which must be the reason, when I applied a compression driver, to use   
   two partitions.   
      
   ...   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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