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From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Jul 1 07:40:06 1998

I used driver.sys. It worked for me.

  Joe

At 08:54 AM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Driver file? What driver file? You mean that's been my problem?
>manney_at_lrbcg.com
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>>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
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>>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
>>>
>>>
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Received on Wed Jul 01 1998 - 07:40:06 BST