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From: bradd@gssc.UUCP (Brad[null] Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Device driver for 1.44M floppy
Message-ID: <6450@gssc.UUCP>
Date: 13 Nov 90 23:27:19 GMT
References: <1980@cs.rit.edu> <226.273e7a72@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz> <1990Nov12.092736.5529@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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In article <1990Nov12.092736.5529@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  w.j. ho) writes:
>hendricp@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz (Peter Hendricks) writes:
>
>>FDFORM15.ZIP or FDFORM16.ZIP from Simtel will do this for you.
>
>I tried FDFORM16.ZIP on my XT but FDREAD ( part of FDFORM16.ZIP )
>responded by saying that I need 286 or above.
>

At the risk of stating the obvious:  If the lack of a 286 is the problem,
you can probably get around this by upgrading to a NEC V20 or V30 CPU chip.

The V20 and V30 include essentially all the 286 instructions except for
protect mode.  I had one in my old 6300; it was the best $10 I ever spent.

Now if FDFORM16 really means "I need an AT-class disk controller/DMA/etc" 
then a V20 won't solve the problem.  But a V20's not expensive, and you get
to keep the extra 10%ish horsepower even if it doesn't fix your disk problem.
I wouldn't worry about wasting your $10.

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