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From: klarich@a.cs.okstate.edu (Terry Klarich)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Three Floppy Drives on an XT
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Date: 10 Oct 89 19:24:31 GMT
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If you are willing to build your own cable, you can have up to four
floppies on a two floppy controller.  I currently am using three on my AT.
Just get a regular floppy cable with two edge connecters.  Clamp on a
third.  Now the fun starts.  You need to find the drive select (drive a or
b) wire and strip it back from the cable.  Run this wire through a switch
to select which drive will be used at the moment.  My set up is one 1.2 as
"a" and 1 360 as b when the switch is in and 1 720 as b when the switch is
out.  I have been doing this for two years now and it works fine.