Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: 360K drive on AT? P'raps? Message-ID: <1990Nov6.201744.10577@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 6 Nov 90 20:17:44 GMT References: <1990Nov02.174518.25426@hoss.unl.edu> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Distribution: comp Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA. Lines: 32 In article <1990Nov02.174518.25426@hoss.unl.edu> ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) writes: >We have a computer which, for various reasons, needs to be able to >reliably read, write and format 360K low-density disks, 1.2MB disks, >and 720K/1.44MB 3.5" disks. > >Currently, we have a PC with one standard density drive, one high >density drive, and one high-density 3.5" drive. Those drives, plus >a new controller, have served us well. > >But it's now time to upgrade to a 286, and we're trying to find a way >to keep the 360K drive (since 1.2MB drives are rotten at formatting and >writing low-density disks that are readable by low-density drives). >Does anyone know of a special controller card that we can get to let >us install the 360K drive? Or can we just plug it in? (Yeah, right.) > >Any replies would be appreciated. E-mail is probably better, but posting >is fine. >-- > ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska >Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu | "Mine... is the last voice that you will ever hear." My 386/25 (used to be a 286/16 until motherboard swap) sucessfully supports this same configuration. You need either a 4 port floppy controller (I suggest the one from JDR microdevices) and disable the floppy ports on any HD controller you have, or buying the auxilliary 2 port controller (also JDR) in conjunction with a HD controller. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254