Re: Wanted: used 3.5" floppy drive for XT

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From: Jim Maunder
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:00

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Michael Page 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.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a good place to get hold of such a dinosaur?

I put a 3.5" fdd into a 4.77MHz XT. I still have the fdd if you are 
interested. (The XT has since been upgraded like grandpa's axe). 

However, as others have implied, there might be gotchas. First one is that 
my drive is a 720kb fdd, and secondly you have to add some stuff into 
config and/or autoexec to get it to work as a 720 drive. Try 'help 
drivparm' for more info. I could not get a 1.44mb drive to work, but cant 
remember whether it never worked, or only worked as a 720.

hth

phone me on 9890 5466 for more/less info.

-- 
Jim Maunder     Melbourne PC User Group
Melbourne, Victoria,          Australia

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Date: 1996/08/20
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