3.5" drive for old PC-1 ?

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From: Jim Seymour
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1988 23:16

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Okay, I know this topic has received quite a bit of cover already, but I didn't
pay attention...

What is necessary to get a 3.5" drive to work on a PC/XT?  Here's what I have
now:  IBM PC-1 with 64K on mother board, a couple of AST SixPak's, an IBM
floppy disk controller driving two full-height 360K drives, an Expansion Unit
with two ten-megabyte hard drives and the appropriate old-as-the-hills
controller.  I'm running PC-DOS 3.2.

The floppy controller has a connector on the back for a third drive (and I
believe can handle a fourth as well).  What I want is an external 3.5" drive
that I can plug into my existing controller.  What I expect I'll have to buy,
though, is another controller.  Any help?

Please send e-mail to qintar@agora.UUCP.

     -Jim Seymour              ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!qintar
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From: qintar@agora.UUCP (Jim Seymour)
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Subject: 3.5" drive for old PC-1 ?
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Date: 13 Mar 88 23:16:55 GMT
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