Re: Adding a Third Floppy Drivea

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From: Russ Poffenberger
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 19:05

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In article <1991Jan8.002139.9708@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> simpson@aplcen (Simpson David) writes:
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>I have an 80386 computer with two floppy drives (A: and B:) and 
>a hard disk drive (C:).  What would happen if I were to add 
>a third floppy drive, or say a CD-ROM drive?  Would my hard disk
>become drive D:, or would it stay drive C: and the new floppy
>drive become D:? 
>

I don't know about the CD-ROM, unless it looks like a floppy, but a floppy
drive will become (if recognized by BIOS), drive C: and the hard disk wil
become D:.

Note that many system BIOS'es won't recognize the additional drives. I suggest
getting the JDR auxilliary floppy controller. It has BIOS on it that will
install the floppies into the drive table.

Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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