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Re: Does DRIVPARM actually work?

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From: Terry Fisher
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 22:05
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In article <18968@watdragon.waterloo.edu> I write:
>I have been trying to get the DRIVPARM command to make a clone recognise
>the 3.5" drive as 720K.  I keep getting an error message about an
>unrecognized command in config.sys.  Does this command work, or am I
>doing something wrong.

I was trying to use it with DOS 3.3.  The trick that worked was inserting
a Control-A after the =.  Thanks to all who gave me info.
Terry Fisher			thfisher@lion.waterloo.edu
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	{...}!watmath!lion!thfisher
(519) 885-2785
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From: thfisher@lion.waterloo.edu (Terry Fisher)
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Subject: Re: Does DRIVPARM actually work?
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Date: 5 Dec 89 22:05:45 GMT
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