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- From: meiser@cps.msu.edu (Matthew E Meiser)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: 3.5" floppy on ibm pc/XT......
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.201352.2618@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 20:13:52 GMT
- References: <eJwoTB2w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu
- Reply-To: meiser@cps.msu.edu (Matthew E Meiser)
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
- Lines: 15
- Originator: meiser@caspian.cps.msu.edu
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- In article <eJwoTB2w165w@willard.UUCP> 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....
-
- I installed one on my old XT-compatible last year and all I needed was a
- controller with a built in bios to control the floppy. I think the card
- only cost about $25 from a place in computer shopper. The card was able
- to run high density drives even with an old bios which only supported 360k
- drives.
-