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- Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!qiclab!leonard
- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Subject: Re: 3.5" floppy on ibm pc/XT......
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.074749.1055@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
- References: <eJwoTB2w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:47:49 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- ninja@willard.UUCP writes:
-
- > To use a 3.5 " floppy on an IBM PC/XT, you need...
- >
- > : a new bios chip for the machine
- > : high density 8 bit floppy controller card
- > : dos 3.30 and above....
- >
- > I had to install one on my first PC/XT also....
-
- If it's a *720k* drive, not a 1.44, all you need is a DRIVPARM
- statement.
-
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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