Be certain you hack the EPROM contents on the XT motherboard so it has the
correct step rate for your FDD. There were quite a few public domain
utilities that had the ability to modify the step rate once your system was
booted, but the fact that the XT moves the head as part of its POST, will
almost certainly run your drive too slowly, thereby damaging its alignment.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Cherry" <ncherry_at_home.net>
To: "classic" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Boot CP/m-86 on an IBM XT
> How does one get CP/M-86 on a bootable disk?
>
> BTW: the IBM XT is now working (even the Seagate drive), it has DOS 3.30
> on it. I'm going to clean the floppy and lube the rails a little later
> to make sure it's in OK condition.
>
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Received on Sun Nov 19 2000 - 21:08:54 GMT