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From: mlm@cs.brown.edu (Moises Lejter)
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Subject: 1.44M vs. 720K floppy drives
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Date: 22 Jan 90 08:58:44 GMT
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	I have an IBM PC/XT compatible manufactured by Atari at home
	(PC-3 is its model number), and it comes with a built-in
	floppy disk controller.  It also comes with a connector on the
	back that fits an Atari 3.5" 720K external floppy drive.
	The question is: what are chances that I could just plug in a
	3.5" 1.44M external floppy drive instead (assuming I can get a
	connector that fits both ends) and have it work as a
	high-density floppy?  Is there anything special about the high
	density drives that needs a special controller?  If so, are
	there workarounds? (things like TSRs, I guess, that would be
	used instead of the regular BIOS...).

	Thanks for any information.

						Moises

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