Can WD1003-WA2 do 1.44 Meg floppies?

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From: Marshall Sutherland
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 1991 19:25

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The subject pretty much says it all.  We have had a Western Digital drive
controller for almost 3 years and recently tried to hook a 1.44M 3.5" floppy
drive to it.  It doesn't want to treat it as anything other than a 720K
drive.  Are there ROM upgrades available for this board?  Can a software
driver be used to correct the problem?  (for obvious reasons, this wouldnt
permit booting off of a 1.44)

Does anyone have an appropriate number for calling Western Digital about
such things?

E-Mail would probably be best for responses as this is unlikely to be a
common problem.

Thanx,

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Marshall Sutherland, Partner/Consultant, Digital Magic Computer Consulting
dwatney@pine.circa.ufl.edu, dwatney@ufpine.bitnet, uflorida!arms!0
Sysop, Farthinghale Arms BBS, +1 904 378 4861

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