3.5" floppy drive in IBM XT?

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Mon Apr 7 21:28:00 2003

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Joe wrote:

> I expect that you're right. But it definitely appears to be
> connected an an IBM controller card. Interesting tidbit; the controller
> has BOTH data cables installed on it even though there's only one hard
> drive. The cables are stacked one on top of the other and taped
> together. I think this is the only time that I've ever seen a
> controller that came with two data cables.

FWIW, All of the XTs and ATs I've taken apart have had both data cables
installed, and taped together like you said.

Pat
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