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- From: ok@csd.cri.dk (Ole Kristensen CAEE user)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Floppy blues and 8088s...
- Message-ID: <ok.716116505@csd>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 09:15:05 GMT
- References: <1992Sep6.190838.842@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Sender: news@csd.cri.dk
- Organization: Computer Resources International A/S
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- Hi there !
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- I had a similar problem with my 386/16 vintage 87.
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- I tried to install a 3.5" drive which was not supported in
- the CMOS setup (the BIOS). I spent a lot of effort trying to
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- cheat DOS into believing that a 3.5" drive was ok, but I never
- succeeded. I managed to make it write and read a 768 Kbyte floppy
- but never a 1.44 Mbyte and I never managed to make it format any floppy.
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- Recently my motherboard died and I bought a new
- one which supported the drive. I'll probably live forever
- happy unless a 1,5" floppy is introduced.
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- By the way, in Denmark a 286/25 motherboard costs less than
- $80, so why not get a new motherboard ?
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- Best regards,
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