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From: crmeyer@voodoo.ucsb.edu
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Subject: Re: XT --> 386SX
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Date: 29 Nov 89 03:32:02 GMT
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In article <6400@shlump.nac.dec.com>, nadkarni@ashok.dec.com writes...
>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 ?

If memory serves, since the XT hard disk controller has its own ROMs, you
configure the AT as having no hard disk. You cannot use XT serial cards in
an AT and LPT2 on an XT card will conflict with an AT floppy disk controller.

(if my memory is wrong...please correct:^)