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In article <C1Bqow.2sI@cgl.ucsf.edu> bic@cgl.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen %CGL) writes:
>A friend has an old Leading Edge D.  This is an 8088 machine.  He would
>like to replace the old 360K floppy with a 3.5inch 1.44 drive.  I can buy
>a controller for less than $40 and a drive for about $55.  My sense is that
>this should work.  My question is whether there is any limitation in the 
>ROM for this old machine.
You need to purchase a floppy or FD/HD controller for an PC or XT.
The board needs to have a ROM on it.  The ROM has an assigned
starting address at which the code will "mesh" with the the ROM BIOS
on the motherboard.  If all goes well, all you need to do is start
using the floppy drive.  It is suggested though that you have the
latest version of MS-DOS loaded (= 5.0).  

Someone may want to clarify this procedure and if so that's fine,
especially since my own attempt failed.  I suspect that there may be
some problem with compatibility of the m/b rom and the board's rom.
Nevertheless the user can still use 720K floppies.

Regards,
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Larry Autry
Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
autry@sgi.com