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From: wsd@whuts.UUCP (DINSMORE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3 1/2" Floppy Drives for PC/XT
Message-ID: <4640@whuts.UUCP>
Date: 11 Aug 88 09:40:53 GMT
References: <25275@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5930010@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <315@island.uu.net>
Reply-To: wsd@whuts.UUCP (54299-DINSMORE,W.S.)
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# In article <315@island.uu.net> troy@island.uu.net (Troy Taylor) writes:
# >
# >I have found great success in using a Sony/Toshiba 1.44M drive in XT 
# >machines using a drive interface board purchased at a local clone 
# >supplier in my area. The board is called an XT1.44 and has the capability
# >of interfacing with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, and 1.44M drives. The drive connected
# >is selected by a jumper block on the drive card.
# >
  
  Using a 1.44M  drive on an XT really sounds interesting but I have been
reluctant to try it.  Does anyone know for sure, no guessing, if a  1.44M
drive on an XT will read  a  1.2M  disk formatted on an AT machine?  More
specifically, I would like to use an XT machine to read a 1.2M, 5.25 inch
disk formatted on an AT machine.  Does a 5.25 inch drive exist for the XT 
that will do this?  Thanks in advance for any and all info.
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