Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!kv56962 From: kv56962@tut.fi (V{{r{nen Kari) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 1.2M drive in an XT Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 89 11:55:10 GMT References: <12553@s.ms.uky.edu> <3561@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> Sender: News@tut.fi Organization: Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland. Lines: 25 In-reply-to: mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM's message of 5 Sep 89 17:09:21 GMT In article <3561@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (martin.b.brilliant) writes: > I responded by mail to the original 1.2M query, but apparently there is > more interest. There sure is! Who wants to backup a 30 MB harddisk on 360 floppies? Not me! > I don't know how it was done, because it was done by the clonemaker, > but I know it can be done, because I have it. I have an XTurbo-10 > clone with a Mitsumi 1.2M drive (with a DTK 3.5" floppy controller) as > drive A, no drive B, and a 30M Seagate kit for drive C. What controller is that? Can it controll 1.44 MB drives too? Someone sent here an article about 1.44 MB floppies and WD FOX3 (was it FOX3?) controller. He wrote that it works on IBM XT (8088). I'd like to buy a 1.44 MB drive too, but which one? And which controller? I have an XT clone... -- SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH (The dolphins) Kari Vaaranen Tampere University of Technology Majakkakatu 30, kv56962@tut.fi SF-33410 Tampere, FINLAND