jccc@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Juan Castillo) (04/14/89)
Hello folks of netland! Once again I'm in need of your assistance. Can a 720 & a 360k floppy drives be used at the same time on the resident floppy controller that is located in the mother board of the AT&T6300? If it is possible, what 720k drive is compatible wtih the existing controller? If not, what is the proccedure to add a floppy controller (I assume that I would need to disable the resident controller)? Thanks juan
psfales@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) (04/16/89)
In article <7847@killer.Dallas.TX.US>, jccc@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Juan Castillo) writes: > > Hello folks of netland! > > Once again I'm in need of your assistance. Can a 720 & a 360k floppy > drives be used at the same time on the resident floppy controller that is > located in the mother board of the AT&T6300? >If it is possible, what 720k drive is compatible wtih the existing controller? For a 720K drive, there is no need to disable the existing controller. I have had a 720K drive my system (as drive B:) for some time with no problems. All that is necessary is to plug it in and set the appropriate parameters in CONFIG.SYS with DRIVPARM. This requires DOS 3.2 or later. Also, there was a bug in DOS 3.3 that kept DRIVPARM from working properly: you must either use DOS 3.30A, or use one of the patches that have been posted to the net. As far as I know, any standard 5.25 inch or 3.5 inch 720K drive should work. Note also that none of these comments apply to the 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB disks which can not be used with the 6300's native controller. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 5B-414 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!ihlpb!psfales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: psfales@ihlpb.att.com work: (312) 979-8031