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problem with minisport hd notebook computer

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From: Ron McCarty
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 15:24
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I have a minisport ZL-1H notebook computer and a ZA-180-90 external
3 1/2" disk drive. I am running DOS 3.3+. Here is my problem:
The documentation with the disk drive says it can be used as either
a 1.44m or 720k drive. When I configure it as a 720k drive with the
device=c:\driver.sys /f:2 /d:0 command in my config.sys, it works fine
as a 720k drive. But when I configure it as a 1.44 (f:7) I get a general
read error on the drive if i try to do a DIR of a highdensity disk (or
if i try anything else for that matter). Is there a different code I
should be using? do I have to set some other parameters? I have no
documentation for the computer so I am pretty much in the dark.
Any help would be appreciated.

Also, anyone know where I can get a manual for one of these beasts?

Ron McCarty
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 10:24:25 EST
From: Ron McCarty <RON@psuvm.psu.edu>
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