Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!milton!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iboga!berger From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: 1.44 Meg Floppy in IBM AT Message-ID: <1990Nov9.204419.19495@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 9 Nov 90 20:44:19 GMT References: <1990Oct31.182126.26984@idt.unit.no> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 19 ersys!davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca writes: > The compaticard will work in any pc/xt/at machine, but the >UNIFORM-PC package is needed to talk to a hi density drive. So the price >goes a bit beyond the $90 for the hardware ... add about $75 US I think >for the software. It does work well .. I use mine quite a bit. *---- That's not correct. The CompatiCard includes the drivers necessary to support standard disk formats. Uniform-PC is only necessary if you want to accomodate hundreds of non-standard formats. Uniform-PC does not require a CompatiCard. -- Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu