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In article <1993Jan12.143056.23050@cbfsb.cb.att.com> dlvk1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (david.l.van kampen) writes:
>I've got an original IBM PC that supports cassette BASIC and has one
>5 1/4" Full Height Floppy Diskette Drive.  It's over 10 years old!
>Anyway, I want to make a terminal/simple word processor out of it and
>I'd like to add a hard disk, either 10 or 20 Mbytes.  Which hard disk
>controllers will work?  I checked the date of the ROM's and the docs
>I have indicate these ROM's will support Hard Disk Boot-up.  Will any
>off-the-shelf MFM controller work or does it have to be IBM?  WIll I
>need a HD controller with on-board ROM?   Any hints will be greatly
>appreciated.   Thanks!

Any XT-class hard disk controller (which has a built-in ROM BIOS extension,
that's why you need the proper PC BIOS) will work. I recently did this
for a friend, over my objections, and found the easiest thing to do was
to buy a 20 MB MFM hard card at a flea market for $100. It just drops in and
you're off and running.



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