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From: mp2k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Palmquist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" drive on ancient XT - how?: Lotus error 12 - what is that?
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Date: 12 Oct 89 15:23:55 GMT
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I just put a 1.44 drive in my XT.  I used the Universal Floppy
Controller from Northgate -- costs $99.00 plus shipping.  I hooked it up
to a Teac drive.  It works fine, since it has bios built into it.  I'm
using it as my primary controller, and it will control up to four drives
(360, 720, 1.2 and 1.44), internal and external. 

If you have dos 3.3, you can use it without any special software (except
for the format command -- they've included a replacement for the Dos
version, and it works fine).  They've included software if you don't
have Dos 3.3.

I'm pretty happy with it.


Mike Palmquist

Department of English
Carnegie Mellon University
mp2k@andrew.cmu.edu
voice:  412/268-5636