26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
1:23 p.m.
720K drives will work fine on the original drive controller AFTER you load
the driver file. I've done it dozens of times to connect my NEC
Multi-Speed drives to the PC. The only problem is that you can't boot from
them since the driver has to be loaded for them to work. I don't *think*
the 1.44 Mb drives will work on the controller though.
Joe
At 01:24 AM 6/27/98 +0100, you wrote:
> The 3.5" drive requires a special controller
card that I find rare. Snag
it!
My IBM XT is looking worried. It's been running fine for years with the
original IBM controller linked to 2 360K drives and 2 720K 3.5" drives.
And you're telling it it shouldn't work?
720K 3.5" drives work fine on the original IBM controller using a
suitable cable and not other mods. I believe drive A: should be a 360K
drive, but apart from that there's no real problem.
-tony