Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!netxcom!jallen From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Adding 3.5" Floppy, (Need Help) Message-ID: <879@netxcom.UUCP> Date: 14 Jul 88 14:45:48 GMT References: <15000054@silver> <47200008@hcx1> Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Organization: NetExpress Communications, Inc., Vienna, VA Lines: 39 In article <47200008@hcx1> ldh@hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes: > >>/* ---------- "Adding 3.5" Floppy, (Need Help)" ---------- */ >> >>I have an AT-clone and want to add a 3.5" floppy, I currently have a >>30 meg hard disk, 1.2 meg floppy, and 360k floppy on a WD controller. >> >>How do I add a 720K or 1.4Meg 3.5" floppy? (I need PS/model 50 compatibility) >> >>Please give me a hand. >> >I don't know if this is the solution you were looking for, but I have seen >(BUT HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH) a controller made by: > > [more about this controller] > >P.S. >I have been wanting to do the same thing for a while, but I was led to believe >that the 3.5" disks are muck slower than the 5.25". Can anyone out there tell >me for sure ... and possibly explain why ... thanks A 3.5 inch floppy can be added to any AT clone's original controller (provided it now supports a 1.2 Mb. drive). Either the 720 Kb or 1.44 Mb capacities can be used with, I think, equal success. Depending on the age of your clone, you may need to use a driver to obtain full capacity from the drive. I have added a Toshiba 1.44 Mb floppy drive, with the drivers necessary for compatibility with my old AT clone, and I'm pretty happy with it. Some caveats: It is a little slower than the 1.2 Mb drive; perhaps 50% slower. I can't format on the thing when I am running at high speed, or when one of my TSRs (I can't remember which) is loaded. I bought mine, at what seemed to be a good price, from: fd Micro 144 Church Street, NW Vienna, Va. 22180 (703) 281-0001