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From: heins@orion.UUCP (Michael Heins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Help with adding a tape drive to an AST?
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Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 17:37:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 15 17:37:07 1987
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I have an AST Premium 286 with a 1.2Mb floppy (A:), a 360K floppy (B:),
and a 70Mb hard drive (C:, D:, and E:).  I also have a ramdisk set up
as F:.  The disk controller is stock as it came from AST.  It supposedly
will support 5 devices.

I wish to add an Archive brand streaming tape backup unit which I own.
The AST controller is able to handle this tape unit on other AST's which
have just one floppy.  My problem is that I want to retain my 360K
floppy and add the tape unit also, but I can't seem to get both 
units installed and working in the same configuration.

I would like to hear from anyone with an AST with 4 or more "devices"
(tape, floppy, hard disk) successfully installed, or from anyone on
why such a thing can't be done.

Thanks.
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