[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Adding 1.2Mbyte floppy to PC

greg@ncelvax.UUCP (Greg Ramsey) (03/25/89)

I have a old IBM-PC Portable (no, not the laptop convertable,
the full size pc in a one piece case) ((go on, finish laughing
at me before you read on, I was young when I bought it)).  
Actually, other than the small ugly screen, it has been a very
satisfactory home computer.

For those of you unfamiliar with this machine, it consists of
a ~8" composite monitor, two 360 K floppy drives and a
modified XT motherboard.

Since most of the programs I use nowadays have outgrown the
360 K a: drive and I don't really want to invest the money for
a hard disk and controller in this old machine, I was thinking
I could add a 1.2 Mbyte floppy drive in the A: drive.  

I am using DOS 3.2 so that shouldn't be a problem, but will
the floppy controller, the bios or something else cause me a
problem?

Thanks in advance,

Greg

ncelvax!greg@nosc.mil


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