wtm@neoucom.UUCP (02/19/87)
I noticed that the dipswitch on the 6300 motherboad has settings for 48 and 96 tpi drives. Has anyone out there used a high density drive? Is there support for it from the BIOS, version 1.21 or 1.43? Would Microsoft DOS 3.2 with driver.sys be appropriate? Thanks for your cards and letters. Bill Mayhew Division of Basic Medical Sciences Notheastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272 USA phone: 216-325-2511 (wtm@neoucom.UUCP ...!cbatt!neoucom!wtm)
henkp@nikhefk.UUCP (02/21/87)
In article <384@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: >I noticed that the dipswitch on the 6300 >motherboad has settings for 48 and 96 tpi >drives. Has anyone out there used a high >density drive? Is there support for it >from the BIOS, version 1.21 or 1.43? >Would Microsoft DOS 3.2 with driver.sys >be appropriate? The 6300 (M24) can be used with 48 and 96 tpi floppy drives. One of the motherbord switches select the mode. 48 tpi can also be read by msdos 2.11 in the 96tpi mode. I have used bios versions 1.1 and 1.21. I do not (yet) have 1.43 (but can it handle 32MB harddisks? 1.36 do't!). PCDOS 3.2 (IBM) works with 48 and 96 tpi drives. Driver.sys must only be used to format 96 tpi floppys! but you can use it always for 96 tpi. (My system has one 48 tpi and one 96 tpi drive. I have never tried to read a 48 tpi floppy on a 96 tpi drive under 3.2.) henk peek, henkp@nikhefk.uucp ..!seismo!mcvax!nikhefk!henkp.uucp