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From: pwork@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Paul R. Work)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help with 1.44M floppy in old IBM AT (6 Mhz version)
Message-ID: <1754@blackbird.afit.af.mil>
Date: 20 Nov 90 02:25:16 GMT
Reply-To: pwork@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Paul R. Work)
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Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH
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Howdy Ya'll,
            I've got a problem similar to one posted recently, and I'm 
hoping that someone can help me get this straightened out.  I've got:

     IBM (true blue) 6 Mhz AT (the old one) with 2 Meg RAM, 
       2 - 20M hard drives (Miniscribe)
           generic 16 bit DFD/DHD controller (new)
       1 - 1.2M floppy (5-1/4 inch) Teac
       1 - 1.44M floppy (3-1/2 inch) Teac
           2400 baud modem, 
           CGA card. 

     The problem is that DOS 3.3 won't recognize the 1.44M floppy.  When I try 
to access it, after a long while of trying, I get a message back "Drive 
Failure".  DOS 3.1 allows me to access the floppy as a 1.2M capacity, however.
I realize that I have a fairly old machine, and a local computer store that 
has an IBM license says that no ROM BIOS upgrade exists for the old 6 Mhz mach-
ines.  The 8 Mhz ATs can be upgraded apparently, but not mine.  Anyway, what 
I'd like to know is, is there a device driver anywhere that allows the 1.44M 
floppy to function normally in my beast?  Thanks very much.

-Paul

Paul R Work  aka  "The Studebaker Kid"      pwork@blackbird.afit.af.mil