HD drives and the PCjr

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Tue Apr 9 19:59:53 2002

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 liste_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
> I'd be suprised if the BIOS in a PCjr ROM would know anything about HD
> floppy drives.

If the BIOS doesn't know about them, that can be "relatively" easily dealt
with with a device driver.
BUT THE DISK CONTROLLER WON'T HANDLE HD. To do HD (other than the
ridiculous Weltec drive) requires a 500K data transfer rate. The Jr disk
controller won't.
Received on Tue Apr 09 2002 - 19:59:53 BST