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From Kirill Frolov To All 23 May 1999

Press RESET immediately, Dmitry!

16 May 99 01:53, Dmitry Lomov wrote to Kirill Frolov:

KF>> How can you distinguish between “write protection” and “sector not found”,
KF>> if register 1F is not readable?

DL> if there is write protection, the crash will be _immediately_. if the sector is not found -
DL> tangible time will pass.

Tangible time - how much? And how can you understand whether time has passed or not?

Write, is it possible to programmatically distinguish between write protection and a missing
sector? IMHO it is impossible. Those. in fact it is possible, but not like that. And through 3D13
you get a record protection error.

Kirill Frolov. [ZX]


From Oleg Grigoriev To All 29 May 1999

KF> Tangible - how much is it?

Six indexes.

KF> And how can you understand whether time has passed or not?

Timeout for de via #3fd7.

KF> Can you write, is it possible to programmatically distinguish between write protection and a missing
KF> sector? IMHO it is impossible.

Press.

KF> That is. in fact it is possible, but not like that. And through 3D13
KF> you get a record protection error.

Pervert.

WBR, Oleg.