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- From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Subject: Re: Floppy blues and 8088s...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.072447.21667@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
- References: <1992Sep6.190838.842@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 07:24:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep6.190838.842@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >Ok, of all the crazy things someone could do... I bought a new 5.25" HD drive
- >for an old 8088 computer. Well, I can't get it to work on that computer...
- >It works like a dream on my other computer. So far I've tried drive.sys, but
-
- The problem isn't the computer, but the floppy disk controller.
- A normal XT controller can manage 360K, and with the help of
- driver.sys 720K. That's all. However, you can buy floppy controllers
- for the XT that can manage 1.2M and 1.44M also.
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