Johannes Meixner wrote: > Out ouf curiosity: > > Does someone know the reason behind why IBM introduced the > unexpected factor 3 via 48 KiB required grain on DASD? > > Not that I am actually surprised what IBM introduces, cf. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31-bit
It was important to distinguish between 24bit and 31bit :-) I grew up with working in 24 and 31bit mode. 48Kb is the size of an IBM 3390 track. Dunno about the factor 3. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.5°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
