Upgrading old XT from 10M to 20M fixed disk

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From: pwu
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1987 01:42

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Has anyone tried to install a 20M fixed disk in an old XT
without installing a new controller card?
How do you tell the computer to format 20M instead of 10M,
are there switches somewhere on the controller that one can
set?

peter
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Subject: Upgrading old XT from 10M to 20M fixed disk
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Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 20:42:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 20:42:43 1987
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Keywords: IBM PC XT fixed disk