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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Input needed on XT Hard Disk
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Date: 18 Jan 90 16:39:44 GMT
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In article <1400021@hp-ptp.HP.COM> pault@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Paul_Taira) writes:
>      I have an IBM (real) PC-XT with a Seagate ST-225 hard disk.  I need
>      I visited a local
>      computer store and I was told that I could not put more than
>      30MB on my system since it is an XT with an 8-bit bus.  Is this
>      true

This is hogwash, I added a 60 meg Micropolis drive to my XT clone (which
had a Western Digital eight bit controller) and it worked just fine.
DOS 3.3 definitely, and 3.2 maybe, supports extended DOS partitions,
which are subdivided into logical drives.  DOS 3.31 (Compaq) and 4.01
allow unlimited size drives (really 16 gigabytes, but to me, that's
unlimited)

>      I would also like to add a 1.44MB floppy onto the system.  Any hints
>      or suggestions.  Which disk drive is better?  Toshiba? Sony?
>

Change you FD controller to one of the clone FD controllers that support
these floppy drives.  Under $100 I think.  I can't tell you which brand is
better.

Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov             (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithley