Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!ece-csc!uvacs!mac From: mac@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits) Message-ID: <1787@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 09:30:29 EDT Article-I.D.: uvacs.1787 Posted: Mon Jul 20 09:30:29 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 04:25:53 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <23801@sun.uucp> Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 5 Summary: multics addressing In article <23801@sun.uucp>, dchen%rainier@Sun.COM (David Chenevert) writes: > I'm curious about Multics file size being limited by 2^36 = > 64 billion bytes? Were those guys using triple-sided disks or what? Multics segment offsets (hence file addresses) were limited to 18 bits.