Re: LZ: Directory category suggestions for the Expander?

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Subject: Re: LZ: Directory category suggestions for the Expander?
From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 19:08:05 GMT
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>Bad block checking is a bad idea. To scan for bad blocks (and bad sectors on
>disk surfaces), you have to write to the block. On the expander, this will
>end up causing a lot of bad blocks if used often because the number of times
>you can wite to it is limited. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mel.

Bad block checking isn't ideal for a number of reasons, that reason
being the main one.

-Mel
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-The TI-Memory Expansion Homepage
-http://www.egr.msu.edu/~tsaimelv/expander.htm

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Re: LZ: Directory category suggestions for the Expander?

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