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From: PG Manney <manney_at_lrbcg.com>
Date: Mon Jun 29 07:54:15 1998

Driver file? What driver file? You mean that's been my problem?
manney_at_lrbcg.com

>
>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
>>
>>
>
Received on Mon Jun 29 1998 - 07:54:15 BST