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On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:21:02 -0800, Thomas Colligan wrote: >This message is from the T13 list server. >Now hold On. When I put those proposals in front of the t13 Committee few >years ago and emphasized that a drive could and should be able to test its >self. That includes the microprocessor and its hardware. I can't quite >remember the negative comments about the ideas and the insults. But what can >you expect. Something's never change. I'm sorry... I do recall some SMART proposals for things like this. I don't pay much attention to the SMART proposals so I'm sorry I did not remember this one, or remember that it was your proposal. >I think the large sector size work and investigation was done by another >group. I think Gene was part if that. Yes, you are correct, but I made the first proposal to T13 for how large sectors would be handled at the ATA command and interface level. *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com ***
