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Re: 3.5" drive in XT

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From: Annie
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1991 21:06
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In article <3286@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> schikore@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dan Schikore) writes:

>I revieved an excellent tip that I can use DRIVPARM with PC-DOS 3.3 by adding
>a control-a after the = sign in my config.sys:
>
>DRIVPARM=^A/d:1 /f:2


Actually I've heard of this fluke, but I'd heard that it requires *4*
^A's in a row.

Did it work??


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Subject: Re: 3.5" drive in XT
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Date: 6 Jan 91 21:06:20 GMT
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