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From: nadkarni@ashok.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: XT --> 386SX
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Date: 28 Nov 89 14:13:33 GMT
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In article <9361@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, prove@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Ove) writes...
>I have an old XT clone and I'm tempted by some of the cheap 386SX
>motherboards.  It would be nice to be able to salvage some of the old
>stuff, particularly the drives (ST225's).  Most of these boards have a
>couple of 8 bit slots, but I assume you can't just plug in an XT drive
>controller (for bus timing and port assignment reasons).  Is there a way

Please post this information as I'm interested too. I'm told that on some
286 motherboards you can use an XT HD controller by telling setup that there
is no hard disk. How about the floppy controller and I/O ports ?

Thanks,

/Ashok Nadkarni