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From: dgaulden@dcscg1.UUCP (David E. Gaulden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: I think I found how to write 360K on AT 1.2M drives
Message-ID: <621@dcscg1.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 89 12:03:51 GMT
References: <859@cybaswan.UUCP> <255E2685.14123@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Reply-To: dgaulden@dcscg1.dcsc.dla.mil.UUCP (David E. Gaulden)
Organization: Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus
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In article <255E2685.14123@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes:
>In article <859@cybaswan.UUCP> iiitsh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) writes:
>$I started to suspect the BIOS. The machine that could write 360K disks had a
>$CAC-AMI (?) BIOS, the other had an AWARD 3.01. I discovered another machine
>$in our office had an AWARD 3.03, so I swapped BIOS ROMs over.
>
>   Hmm ... my brother has an AWARD BIOS in his AT, which he's had for over
>two years now, and can write 360K disks with no problems ... I don't know
>what version his BIOS is, but it obviously isn't too recent.

I run an Everex System 1800 286/10 which orig came with AMI BIOS. I later
changed it to Award 3.01 and updated to Award 3.03. I have never had any
problems writing 360k via the 1.2m drive. However, the AMI BIOS did    
present problems with environment space, hence the switch to Award.




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