Re: Wanted: used 3.5" floppy drive for XT

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From: Jim Breen
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00

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kevinl@fangorn.cs.monash.edu.au (Kevin Lentin) writes:

>Michael Page (map@hal.maths.monash.edu.au) wrote:
>> I'd like to try and get hold of a cheap 3.5" floppy drive for an
>> old XT computer (to fit in a standard 5.25" slot).  Doesn't have 
>> to be at all fancy, but I'd like to know it works as I'll be carrying
>> it across to Perth before I can try it out.

>Your problem won't be the 3.5" floppy drive itself, it will be making an XT
>recognise it. I have no idea how you'd do that.

There was an IO card which made 3.5" floppies work on XTs. It effectively
installed a new BIOS. We had a couple of old XTs here which had them.
Check with Jason Singleton or Gary Evans. They may not be trashed yet.

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