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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Some of this, some of that
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Date: 27 Sep 88 21:18:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Sep 27 16:18:00 1988


You haven't mentioned what system you're running, so it's hard to answer
your question.  I have 8 floppy disk drives on an XT clone, so it's
definitely possible to have more than 2 drives.  It should work with an
AT too.

The Micro Solutions Compaticard is an 8-bit bus type disk controller
that can co-exist with your standard IBM type floppy disk controller,
and you can have up to 4 controllers total (for 16 drives).  The 4 drive
version is $ 175, and a 2 drive version is available for $ 125.

The standard XT type floppy disk controller can support 4 diskette
drives standard, but it doesn't support high density drives.

The Compaticard comes with software for MS-DOS, but I don't know
of any Xenix device drivers for it.

			Mike Berger, Univ. of Il.
			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu