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Article #8397

Re: HELP: 1.44M floppy on Wyse AT

#8397
From: Bob Willey
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 13:36
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In article <598@bogart.UUCP> jerry@bogart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>I'm looking for help on configuring a 3.5" 1.44M floppy drive on a
>Wyse Model 2108.  The machine came with DOS 3.2 and Phoenix BIOS 2.74.
>The disk-based setup program doesn't know about high density 3.5"
>drives.  I don't know about the BIOS.
>Please help if possible.  Even one reply will be more than I can
>get out of Wyse Tech Support -- the worst in the industry.
>+--------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+
>|                    |  Polygen Corporation  |           UUCP:               |
>|  Jerry J. Shekhel  |   Waltham, MA 02254   |  {princeton, mit-eddie,       |
>|                    |    (617) 890-2888     |  buita, sunne}!polygen!jerry  |
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1. Are you using the Wyse WY-914 1.44MB 3.5" Diskette Drive?  Or are
   you trying to make someone else's work?
2. If you are using a Wyse drive, this setup should work just fine, we have
   done it several times.  I am assuming this is being added as a second 
   drive.
3. If it is someone else's drive, then why are you complaining about Wyse
   Tech Support?  It is not their fault that someone else's drive does 
   not include instructions on how to install.  The Wyse drives come with
   detailed instructions on how to assemble and get working, including
   all the appropriate jumper settings on the diskette (and resistor pack).

Not trying to flame, but blame the source of the problem, not the closest
person at hand.

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From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HELP: 1.44M floppy on Wyse AT
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Date: 11 Dec 89 13:36:51 GMT
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