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From: wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AT&T 6300 -- can I put on a low density 3.5" drive?
Summary: Piece of cake ...
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.034525.5375@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 10 Aug 90 03:45:25 GMT
References: <24072@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
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    In article <24072@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, fred@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Fred
    Buhl) writes:
    > AT&T 6300 -- can I put on a low density 3.5" drive?
    > ... Has _anybody_ attempted to do this on this particularly weird PC?

    Sure!  No problem.  I put a Toshiba 3.5" 720K drive in my PC6300.  I ran
    it for a year, then gave the drive to my brother.  I replaced it with a
    Toshiba 3.5" 1.44M drive, but the new drive is running as a 720K because
    I can't get the high-density controller to work ( that "particularly
    wierd" stuff).

    I just physically installed the drive like any other (make sure you have
    the mounting kit for the 5.25" drive bay).  I put the line:

	DRIVPARM=D:/1    (I think -- this is from memory)

    in my config.sys file.  That's it!  You need to be running MS-DOS 3.2 or
    greater (to get the DRIVPARM command), and you probably need the 1.43
    BIOS chips.

    BTW, my 3.5" drive is the B drive in the top bay.  My hard disk is in an
    expansion chasis.  If you are replacing the A drive, the "1" in the
    config.sys line may have to change to a "0".  I can't remember, but you
    can look it up in the DOS manual.  If you have any questions, pop me
    some e-mail.  Good Luck!

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