dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (05/25/90)
yes. It is possible to use 1.44 Mb drive on an XT clone. what you need is a new controller card which can handle the 1.44 Mb drive. -dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
jboggs@inco.UUCP (John Boggs) (05/29/90)
In article <8587RUBIN@POLYGRAF> RUBIN@POLYGRAF.BITNET (David Rubin) writes: >Is it possible to hook up a 1.44M 3.5" floppy drive to an XT compatible? >If not, how about 720K? Does anybody have a recommendation for such a >drive and controller? > >Please respond via E-mail... > Sorry about postine this. My E-Mail isn't working right now. I just put a 1.44MB TEAC drive in my XT clone. I had to upgrade my DOS to version 3.3 to accommodate it and had to put a new floppy controller in. I used a SYSGEN OmniBridge controller (can handle up to four floppy drives in four formats). The only problem I ran into was in using the 1.44 drive as A:. My system didn't like that setup and kept giving my not ready errors when I tried. I finally got it running as B: while using my original 360KB drive as A:. -- John Boggs McDonnell Douglas Electronic Systems Company McLean, Virginia, USA
thouse@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (thouse) (05/29/90)
> > yes. It is possible to use 1.44 Mb drive on an XT clone. > > > what you need is a new controller card which can handle the 1.44 Mb drive. > >Jameco has a controller card which will allow you to use any type of drive in an XT. I have had one in my XT for a couple of years now and is still performing well.