fred@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Fred Buhl) (08/09/90)
The subject header says it all. Has _anybody_ attempted to do this on this particularly weird PC?
wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) (08/10/90)
In article <24072@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, fred@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Fred Buhl) writes: > AT&T 6300 -- can I put on a low density 3.5" drive? > ... Has _anybody_ attempted to do this on this particularly weird PC? Sure! No problem. I put a Toshiba 3.5" 720K drive in my PC6300. I ran it for a year, then gave the drive to my brother. I replaced it with a Toshiba 3.5" 1.44M drive, but the new drive is running as a 720K because I can't get the high-density controller to work ( that "particularly wierd" stuff). I just physically installed the drive like any other (make sure you have the mounting kit for the 5.25" drive bay). I put the line: DRIVPARM=D:/1 (I think -- this is from memory) in my config.sys file. That's it! You need to be running MS-DOS 3.2 or greater (to get the DRIVPARM command), and you probably need the 1.43 BIOS chips. BTW, my 3.5" drive is the B drive in the top bay. My hard disk is in an expansion chasis. If you are replacing the A drive, the "1" in the config.sys line may have to change to a "0". I can't remember, but you can look it up in the DOS manual. If you have any questions, pop me some e-mail. Good Luck! -- | W. Keith Brummett (614) 860-3187 AT&T, Room 3B-202 | | att!cblph!wkb 6200 East Broad St. | | or, wkb@cblph.ATT.COM Columbus, OH 43213-1550 | `----------------------------------------------------------------------'
heiby@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) (08/10/90)
I've done it. No problems at all. Just be sure you're running a fairly recent vintage MS-DOS. (I'm running 3.2.) You'll need to add a line to your CONFIG.SYS to tell DOS that it's a 720K drive. I'd give the exact line, except that it's in my PC at home. I thought the manual was pretty clear on how to do it. I made it my B: drive, leaving one of the original 5.25" drives as A:. -- Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com Moderator: comp.newprod "Mandatory Drug Testing? Just Say NO!!!"
reeves@dvinci (Malcolm Reeves) (08/16/90)
From article <24072@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, by fred@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Fred Buhl): > The subject header says it all. Has _anybody_ attempted to do this on > this particularly weird PC? Yes, I am within 200 feet of 20-30 PC-6300's with 720Kb 31/2" floppy drives. Use the drivparm= line in config.sys and the drives work fine. See your AT&T DOS manual for details. Installation takes about 5 mins - remember to set the motherboard switch to at least 2 floppy drives, fix config.sys and thats it.