24 Mar
2004
24 Mar
'04
4:42 a.m.
At 12:21 PM 3/24/04 +0400, you wrote:
Also the XT supports 720K using newer DOS (3.3 and up) with that 1.44
drive as 720K. Easier and I have done that before.
Hi,
I've got a generic PC/XT 8088 clone (contains NEC processor) with no HDD
and two 5.25" FDD. Needless to say that the media as well as the O/S (M$
DOS) is not available in my local market.
I was wondering if it's
possible to:
(1) Install a 3.5" 1.44MB FDD in it.
There were plenty of aftermarket disk drive controller cards that had
built in BIOS that supported 1.44 drives. Other than that you can use the
DRIVER.SYS program in MS-DOS to handle the floppy. >(2) Acquire FREEDOS and boot the machine
Google is your friend.
Joe
Cheers,
Wizard