PC 160K and 320K are NOT SINGLE DENSITY

From: Geoff Reed <geoffr_at_zipcon.net>
Date: Sat Dec 27 20:32:19 2003

At 10:43 PM 12/26/2003, you wrote:
>I must be a bit more precise. I'm not talking about the 765's and such, but
>of the controller chips used in PC's (and especially the ones embedded on
>the motherboards). I had a system, where I could run MicroSolutions' UniForm
>software on the internal drives. When I changed motherboard or floppy
>controller (cant remember what), it was not possible anymore. The DOS
>version was not changed.
>
>Maybe we can agree on "modified firmware" ?

The controller chips in the newer machines (P-4 and AMD athlon boards made
in the last year don't have 360K floppy support in the BIOS but the
controller is capable of reading and writing it.
Received on Sat Dec 27 2003 - 20:32:19 GMT