New math.
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From: Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

On Mar 6, 2007, at 3:18 PM, RPN01 wrote:

>  The ³mod 27² moniker was selected because the 32,760 size was ³roughly² three
> times a mod 9. The mod 54 is ³roughly² three times the mod 27.

Two times, I hope, or it woulda been a "mod 81", right?  (And isn't the 54
just less than 64Kcyls ?)  Is there a limitation that the number of
cylinders has to fit into sixteen bits?

Adam




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