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Since non-observations do not contribute statistical data to analyze, they cannot converge.

That would be a problem on a Monitor. In any case, if you don't look, the number of Pixels would be indeterminate not irrational.

You will have to specify the Qubit configuration and Initialization procedure for these pixels, along with a proof that they meet the requirements.

In this case it is provably impossible. There is no integer ratio that can equal the golden ratio.

That is irrational so it is impossible. Too bad.

Windows 2000 crashes if a 4Kn IDE Drive is present at Boot. I suspect that there is a buffer overflow problem in MTLDR. It would probably crash if a Bootable 4K USB Drive is present also. 512e will work but limits you to 2TiB without special Drivers.

A customer of mine had success using my Unicows Wrappers instead of KernelEx. He did not mention if the Plugins worked or not.

My RAM Limitation Patch will provide support for any amount of RAM in Windows 9x.

If the X800 Driver does not explicitly check the ID, you can try changing the INF File to use the X1800 ID.

The TRIM Commands to the SSD return quickly. The SSD stores the list of Sectors internally and erases them in background. I have a TRIM Program I wrote. It can TRIM FAT32 Partitions. It can also TRIM all Sectors containing all Zeroes.

My TRIM Program reads the FAT Table to determine what Clusters are free and TRIMs them. This is independent of the Operating System that writes the data. Any garbage collection needs to be done by the OS, so you would need to have it running the OS while idling. I have no idea how much garbage collection XP does. Idling in DOS or the BIOS will have no effect. Do the TRIM after any idling you choose to do.

The Wrappers were designed to support Applications and tools such as SumatraPDF and 7-Zip. I did not focus on Browsers. They provide Unicode support and a fair number of APIs. I never tested them with Browsers.

I just ran some experiments to break the 256TiB Partition limit in NTFS. I was unable to get past 64KiB Clusters using Patches or the 4KN Drive so the limit still stands. I was able to get 512KiB Clusters to work in Windows XP (USB) and 7 using FAT16 and FAT32 with 4K Sectors. This increases the FAT16 limit to 32GiB. FAT32 is still stuck at 16TiB.

I have no such hardware to test, but I would suspect it would work about the same as USB.

MaxFileCache is too small and will be ignored. If you want to limit it, try 32768. USB2 requires a messy hybrid configuration mixing some 98 Beta and 98 Software. A DOS CDROM Driver can be used. You need the latest XUSBSUPP from Lone Crusader for better USB Support. It includes my USB Mass Storage Driver.

The Wrappers are not free. They are not on my Website because I am still developing them. They run SumatraPDF 2.5.2. I'm not sure about the later ones. You can contact me directly if you are interested.

I have wrappers that support SumatraPDF without using KernelEX. They are not modifications, they are added.

After 3 weeks of experimenting, I have come to the following conclusions about using 4Kn Drives with Windows: Boot Drives: Supported by newer UEFI BIOSes (2014 and later) using SATA connections only. Requires GPT Partitioning. Supported by Windows 8 x64 and Windows 10 x64. Windows 7 Installs but crashes. The Z87 CSM supports DOS 7.1 TBP in AHCI Mode only. Windows 98SE TBP is unstable and only completes boot in Safe Mode. Data Drives: Windows 7, 8 and 10 support 4Kn Drives using MBR, with SATA or USB connections, but incorrectly report the size of >2TiB Partitions. The Disk Managers will not Partition beyond 2TiB but can Format existing Partitions without limit. Windows XP supports 4Kn Drives using USB connections only. XP correctly reports Partition size and can Partition beyond 2TiB. XP will ignore a SATA connected drive if it is not supported by the BIOS or an Overlay. Otherwise it will crash. XP with UNIATA will hang. Windows 2000 supports 4Kn Drives using USB connections only. Windows 2000 correctly reports Partition size and can Partition and Format beyond 2TiB. Windows 2000 will crash if a SATA connected drive is present. DOS 7.1 TBP is compatible with SATA connected 4Kn Drives if the BIOS supports it or an Overlay DDO is used. Windows 98SE TBP is compatible with SATA connected 4Kn Drives if used with DOS 7.1 TBP and an Overlay DDO. Windows 98SE TBP is compatible with USB connected 4Kn Drives. USB Drives: Older USB Bridges that do not translate or do not support >2TiB Drives will not support 4Kn Drives. Translating USB Bridges support 4Kn Drives. Newer Non-Translating USB Bridges support 4Kn Drives DOS 7.1 TBP is DOS 7.1 Patched by the TeraByte Plus Package. Windows 98SE TBP is Windows 98SE Patched by the TeraByte Plus Package. Neither standard DOS nor standard Windows 98SE provide any support for 4K Logical Sector Devices.

More and more every time I look. Most of my Website is dedicated to providing them.

Yes. But it one more workaround that will be needed. That is why I said "one more step" instead of "the end is near".

One step closer to the Abyss. Intel just announced that they will stop providing CSM in 2020. They will only provide UEFI.

XP appears to allocate physical memory top down like Windows 9x. If Windows is Patched and a RAMDisk run from within it, Drivers and many other things will still end up in high memory. To avoid any issues you will need a RAMDisk that loads before Windows or one that can use RAM not known by Windows. Windows should not be Patched in this case.

I already have used SumatraPDF to read the Intel Manuals. I use my Unicows Wrappers rather than KernelEx.

The Intel Manual shows %PDF-1.6 in the first 8 bytes. Reader 6.0.6 reports "bad encrypt dictionary". It reads fine in Acrobat 7.

I have seen a number of files that cannot be read. They use Encryption that Adobe Reader 6 does not support. The Intel Programming Manuals are one example.