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Int 21 Fn 1B - DOS 1+ - Get Allocation Information For Default Drive [D]
AH = 1Bh
Return: AL = sectors per cluster (allocation unit)
CX = bytes per sector
DX = total number of clusters
DS:BX -> media ID byte (see below)
Note: under DOS 1.x, DS:BX points at an actual copy of the FAT; later
versions return a pointer to a copy of the FAT's ID byte
See Also: AH=1Ch,AH=36h
Values for media ID byte:
FFh floppy, double-sided, 8 sectors per track (320K)
FEh floppy, single-sided, 8 sectors per track (160K)
FDh floppy, double-sided, 9 sectors per track (360K)
FCh floppy, single-sided, 9 sectors per track (180K)
F9h floppy, double-sided, 15 sectors per track (1.2M)
F8h hard disk
F0h other
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