mlm@cs.brown.edu (Moises Lejter) (01/22/90)
I have an IBM PC/XT compatible manufactured by Atari at home (PC-3 is its model number), and it comes with a built-in floppy disk controller. It also comes with a connector on the back that fits an Atari 3.5" 720K external floppy drive. The question is: what are chances that I could just plug in a 3.5" 1.44M external floppy drive instead (assuming I can get a connector that fits both ends) and have it work as a high-density floppy? Is there anything special about the high density drives that needs a special controller? If so, are there workarounds? (things like TSRs, I guess, that would be used instead of the regular BIOS...). Thanks for any information. Moises ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet/CSnet: mlm@cs.brown.edu BITNET: mlm@browncs.BITNET UUCP: ...!uunet!brunix!mlm Phone: (401)863-7664 USmail: Moises Lejter, Box 1910 Brown University, Providence RI 02912