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- From: olson@mydual.uucp (Kirtland H. Olson)
- Subject: Re: HD floppies on XT?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.075722.8855@mydual.uucp>
- Organization: The Harvard Group, 01451-0667
- References: <1hafh5INNj08@savoy.cc.williams.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:57:22 GMT
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- In article <1hafh5INNj08@savoy.cc.williams.edu> 93jay@williams.edu (Jonathan Young) writes:
- >I'm trying to add a 1.44 floppy to my dad's XT clone. I have seen ads
- >for "super xt/at" floppy controllers that preport to allow this but do
- >they require bios support? These clones (mitac mpc 160T's) do not have
- >such support.
- >
- >Also they have an onboard floppy controller, I checked the manual but
- >didn't find an easy way to disable it. What happens if there are two
- >controllers?
-
- You need a secondary floppy controller whose address can be set not to
- conflict with the on-board controller.
-
- The brand-name version is the Compaticard series, though there are
- clones of this stuff.
-
- As for bios support, the secondary controller has an on-board bios that
- can be disabled. All your bios must do is permit bios extensions.
-
-
-
- --
- Kirtland H. Olson olson%mydual.uucp@alliant.com
-