jborza%burgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza) (01/31/89)
I have heard of a product called CompatiCard; a floppy controller card reportedly capable of controlling four f/d drives of ANY persuasion (360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.44M). I have contacted the manu- facturer for his brochure but was wondering if there are any in Net- Land who have used such a beast and would like to comment (pro or con) on their experiences. If by e-mail, I promise to summarize for the net. For your information, product's manufacturer is: Micro Solutions Computer Products 132 W. Lincoln Hwy. DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-3411 Jim Borza - Sun Microsystems Disclaimer? Sure, why not?
wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) (01/31/89)
From article <87484@sun.uucp>, by jborza%burgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza): > I have heard of a product called CompatiCard; a floppy controller > card reportedly capable of controlling four f/d drives of ANY > persuasion (360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.44M). > The compaticard is great. I have one at home on my AT that controls a 360K drive. I have one at work that controls a 720 K drive and a friend uses one as his major floppy controller in an XT. The card works very well with Uniform (their disk conversion program) and also with third party cards like the Matchpoint card and also the Copy Option Deluxe Board. If you need to add devices to a machine I would highly suggest this board. -- Bill Wilson (Bitnet: ucc2wew@nauvm) Northern AZ Univ Flagstaff, AZ 86011 {These views are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer}
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (02/01/89)
I use the compaticard in an XT clone with 2 360K 5.25"
drives, a 1.2 M 5.25" drive, and 1.4 M 3.5" drive. In
the same machine, I have a Maynard FDC-8 with 2 8"
drives (the compaticard can accomodate 8" drives to). The
compaticard lives up to all expectations, and the software
device drivers that come with are excellent. Although
the card is somewhat expensive, the support that's included
makes it worth the money.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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