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
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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