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Started by John Boyd;LAHDI;
Wed, 07 Oct 1992 14:32
Adding drives to an AT&T 6300 PC
Author: John Boyd;LAHDI;
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 14:32
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 14:32
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I just received a care pkg from a friend. In it was a HD 5.25 and a HD 3.5 drive. I have a 6300 with 1.43 BIOS running DOS5. Using the drivparm statement in my config.sys, I got the computer to recognize the 3.5 as a 720, but not as a 1.44. I couldn't get it to read the 1.2 at all. Any clues on switches I might need to change on the MB, or anything else that I need to do to get this to work? Note for all of you *not* familiar with the AT&T 6300; it's a bastard machine, and it doesn't set like another 'off the shelf' PC, hence most suggestions borrowed from non-AT&T machines don't work.. What I'm looking for is answers from folks familiar with AT&T hardware in particular. Thanx.. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Cherish your memories, the rest ends up in a garage sale" -Ferris Beuller Disclaimer: If you ask the Air Force, they'll tell you I don't know what I'm talking about..
Re: Adding drives to an AT&T 6300 PC
Author: Bob Dette AOS
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 22:03
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 22:03
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In article <9210071432.AA23537@ocdis01.oc.aflc.af.mil> johnboyd@OCDIS01.OC.AFLC.AF.MIL (John Boyd;LAHDI;) writes: > >I just received a care pkg from a friend. In it was a HD 5.25 and a HD 3.5 >drive. I have a 6300 with 1.43 BIOS running DOS5. Using the drivparm >statement in my config.sys, I got the computer to recognize the 3.5 as a >720, but not as a 1.44. I couldn't get it to read the 1.2 at all. Any >clues on switches I might need to change on the MB, or anything else that >I need to do to get this to work? Note for all of you *not* familiar with >the AT&T 6300; it's a bastard machine, and it doesn't set like >another 'off the shelf' PC, hence most suggestions borrowed from non-AT&T >machines don't work.. What I'm looking for is answers from folks familiar >with AT&T hardware in particular. Thanx.. >____________________________________________________________________________ >"Cherish your memories, the rest ends up in a garage sale" -Ferris Beuller >Disclaimer: If you ask the Air Force, they'll tell you I don't know what >I'm talking about.. ------------------------------------------------------ John, The 6300 can be upgraded to any low density drive using the on-board floppy controller. It can not, however, support any high density drive unless the appropriate floppy drive controller is added to the expansion buss. There used to be kits made by different manufacturing for this purpose. The kit that I have used to add HD drives to a 6300 was one made by a company called ASTRO. They used to be located here in the San Francisco Bay area. I do not know whether they are still in business as I have not seen or heard from them for over four years. If you need any more infomation or if I can be of any further help just drop me a line. I have most of the 6300 Service and Hardware manuals at home along with my 6300..... ------ Bob Dette bdette@altos.com (408)432-6200 X3142 ------
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