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From: tsaavik@cbnewse.ATT.COM (bobby.j.lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1.2M drive in an XT
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Date: 6 Sep 89 19:15:32 GMT
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In article <12553@s.ms.uky.edu> Kevin Minor writes:
>If anyone has any ideas how to make a regular xt, (not an xt 286)
>use a 1.44 mb drive, let me know also.
>
>Kevin (kminor@ms.uky.edu)

Kevin,
I have been sucessful in installing a 1.44 mb drive in my XT Clone
(BUS 88 from BUS, Inc). What I had to do was:

	(1) Replace the I/O card that came with the system since it
	    had a floppy disk controller.

	(2) Install a Western Digital FOX 4 floppy disk controller.

	(3) Set the switches on my XT's motherboard to let it know
	    it now has more than one floppy drive.

That was it...I think. BTW, I have MS-DOS 3.3. I think you 3.2 and
higher and Phoenix BIOS 2.52 (also needed).

Hope this helps.

Bobby J. Lang
att!ihlpy!vulcan