memory management - How can 8086 processors access harddrives larger than 1 MB? -


how can 8086 processors (or real mode on later processors) access harddrives larger 1 mb, when can access 1 mb (without expanded memory) of ram?

access not linear (by byte) sector. sector size may example 512 bytes. computer reads sectors memory needed.


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