Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!bill.harnell From: bill.harnell@canremote.uucp (BILL HARNELL) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: External 3.5" drive for X Message-ID: <89100103302956@masnet.uucp> Date: 29 Sep 89 07:49:00 GMT Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada Lines: 13 DBDD MT>You can't run a 1.44 mb 3.5" from an XT. The data xfer rate is too MT>slow. You can run a 720. BH> If you examine the logic of your statement you'll probably find that an XT can't run a hard drive either, because the transfer rate capabilities are too low. We all know that this is not so. You'd probably be hard pressed to interface a fast I/O device on the parallel port of an XT since transfer rates from there can exceed many hard drive capabilities. You simply must use a controller that can handle the drive. --- ~ DeLuxe 1.11a10 #138 Bill Harnell, SYSOP, Mail Logic BBS