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Article #1370Re: Hard drive question,please read and reply
From: Stephen Dennison
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:59
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:59
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In article <1993Jan1.000036.1130@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, jeff@anthro.utah.edu (Jeff Thomas) writes...
>Your 8-bit WD controller should work in an AT.
If it's an XT specific controller, isn't there some duplication of the AT's
CMOS BIOS table function ? Didn't the XT controller have some of the functions
in a built-in bios chip while the AT controller relied on the AT's own ROM
Bios for these routines and disk mapping and such ?
>Just because some card is
>only an 8-bitter doesn't mean that it won't work in an AT. The ATs were
>designed to take all 8- and 16-bit cards designed for the ISA bus.
Granted, but it *still* has to be an AT compatible controller, doesn't it ?
-- Stephen
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