> > > by making the order '+4 +5 and +8 +9' like you say, you can keep it
> > > compatible with current bios1.x and 2.x utilities which use the IDE
> > > system variables. I can't see any advantage of using the normal order
> > > '+4 +5 +6 +7'. I almost all cases you use the IX/IY registers for
> > > reading the variables, so the actual offsetorder doesn't matter...
> >
> > It will only be compatible with the older BIOSes for the A: drive. The
rest
>
> no, it is not. You shall use the getaddressentry to obtain the start of
> each drivesection. You don't have to do the multiplication yourself.
Ah, well, that's great.
By the way, nice way of putting it... I "shall"? And what if I "shall"
not???
:)
~Grauw
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