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From: tomf@cms2.UUCP (Tom Fortner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: How Big a Hard Drive Will Fit on an XT?
Message-ID: <353@cms2.UUCP>
Date: 9 Oct 90 22:05:49 GMT
References: <15811@shlump.nac.dec.com#
Organization: Christian Medical & Dental Society
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In article <15811@shlump.nac.dec.com# simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...) writes:
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#In article <8543@inco.UUCP>, jboggs@inco.UUCP (John Boggs) writes...
#>I'm currently running an XT-clone with an ARC motherboard and a 20meg
#>Seagate hard disk.  I'd like more disk space.  What's the largest capacity
#>drive I can install internally in my full-size desktop chassis that will
#>be compatible with my system?  What controller will I need to control it?
#>I'm running DOS 3.3.
#
#I ran Maxtor 2190 which is 133 Mb formatted.  I do not remember the 
#model of the controller, but it was a regular Western Digital MFM 
#controller with 3:1 interleave.  The drive was divided into four 
#partitions.
#

I have an ST-277-1 in my XT formatted to 65MB with two 32.5MB partitions on a
Western Digital 27X card (RLL format). It is my understanding that the only
limiting factors in drive size in an XT are the controller card's drive 
capacity limit (in the card BIOS) and the drive bay of the box (I had only a
half height bay left open). I am told the 27X can address drives over 150MB
without errors.
Tom

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