Subj : Bluetooth To Ethernet
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Apr 19 2026 07:44:00


Hi Ky!

 >   KM> Disk Manager did "drive translation" and could get an old BIOS to
 >   KM> see a bigger drive; in fact you had to install it to see a lot of
 >   KM> the very old drives at all (and then could only read the drive on
 >   KM> a system with Disk Manager installed). Then there were cards with
 >   KM> their own BIOS and larger drive support. But by the time we got
 >   KM> to the 486 era, that had become unnecessary.
 > I don't recall if I used something like that or not.  Closest I can
 > think of is with the Super XT because the original used MFM drives and
 > the 'Super' used sIDE - had to change the controller cards.
 KM> If it was a Seagate MFM drive like an ST225, it used Disk Manager
 KM> to lowl-level format the drive, but it was not loaded as a
 KM> translation layer.
 
ST225 sounds familiar but than it was a common drive.


 >   >   KM> Unless there are subdirectories. Don't forget the subdirectories!
 >   > I like subdirectories! Help to keep things organized.
 >   KM> I have thousands... upon thousands....
 > I've not counted but some would probably make TREE sweat!  ...Since I'm
 > allowed (by the OS) I more or less create a subdir when it makes sense to
 > me to find stuff faster.
 KM> Oh yeah, if I run TREE at the root, it chugs for five minutes....

I've done 'weird' things like that just because I'm looking for a file 
FIND seems to be unable to find.  (Probably can, just I'm using the 
wrong switch options).  Redirect TREE to a file, then search the 
file....


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