snc0231@cs.rit.edu (Curry Scott N) (11/11/90)
I previously posted about installing my 1.44M floppy. I need to clearify a couple of things. I do have a HDD floppy controller and DOS 3.3 and I don't have the correct BIOS on board. What I am looking for is a device driver that allows an XT to run a high density 3.5" floppy. Or some other program to upgrade my BIOS. If anyone has such a device driver could they mail it to me or post it. Thanks in advance, Scott Curry snc0231@cs.rit.edu
hendricp@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz (Peter Hendricks) (11/12/90)
In article <1980@cs.rit.edu>, snc0231@cs.rit.edu (Curry Scott N) writes: > > I previously posted about installing my 1.44M floppy. I need to clearify a couple of things. > > I do have a HDD floppy controller and DOS 3.3 and I don't have the correct BIOS on board. > > What I am looking for is a device driver that allows an XT to run a high density 3.5" floppy. Or some other program to upgrade my BIOS. If anyone has such a device driver could they mail it to me or post it. > FDFORM15.ZIP or FDFORM16.ZIP from Simtel will do this for you. Peter
sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr w.j. ho) (11/12/90)
hendricp@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz (Peter Hendricks) writes: >In article <1980@cs.rit.edu>, snc0231@cs.rit.edu (Curry Scott N) writes: >> >> I previously posted about installing my 1.44M floppy. I need to clearify a couple of things. >> >> I do have a HDD floppy controller and DOS 3.3 and I don't have the correct BIOS on board. >> >> What I am looking for is a device driver that allows an XT to run a high density 3.5" floppy. Or some other program to upgrade my BIOS. If anyone has such a device driver could they mail it to me or post it. >> >FDFORM15.ZIP or FDFORM16.ZIP from Simtel will do this for you. >Peter I tried FDFORM16.ZIP on my XT but FDREAD ( part of FDFORM16.ZIP ) responded by saying that I need 286 or above. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Wey Jing Ho (Mr HO) E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au ^ ^ Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
bradd@gssc.UUCP (Brad[null] Davis) (11/14/90)
In article <1990Nov12.092736.5529@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr w.j. ho) writes: >hendricp@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz (Peter Hendricks) writes: > >>FDFORM15.ZIP or FDFORM16.ZIP from Simtel will do this for you. > >I tried FDFORM16.ZIP on my XT but FDREAD ( part of FDFORM16.ZIP ) >responded by saying that I need 286 or above. > At the risk of stating the obvious: If the lack of a 286 is the problem, you can probably get around this by upgrading to a NEC V20 or V30 CPU chip. The V20 and V30 include essentially all the 286 instructions except for protect mode. I had one in my old 6300; it was the best $10 I ever spent. Now if FDFORM16 really means "I need an AT-class disk controller/DMA/etc" then a V20 won't solve the problem. But a V20's not expensive, and you get to keep the extra 10%ish horsepower even if it doesn't fix your disk problem. I wouldn't worry about wasting your $10. >-- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >^ Wey Jing Ho (Mr HO) E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au ^ >^ Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA ^ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Random drivel from the keyboard of: +--+ Brad Davis, GSS Inc, Beaverton OR _________ -_--_ ________________|80|__ bradd@gssc (503) 641-2200 -- -- =o==o= -- -- -- -- +__+ Disclaimer: The boss disavows ----------------------------------||--- all knowledge of my actions. ||
jer@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Joel Ratsaby) (11/22/90)
Does anyone knows of a nice color screen saver for 8086 machines ? (something similar to explosiv but with CGA color) thanks