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From: gottlieb@umbc5.umbc.edu (Mr. Robert Gottlieb; CMSC (UGRAD))
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: XT Controller Card and Drive for 1.44, and XT Clock Card
Summary: HELP!!!
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Date: 25 Jan 91 20:05:04 GMT
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Hi all,

I recently decided to add a 3.5 1.44 mb floppy drive to my computer,
and for some reason I can't get my XT to recognize it as anything
more than a 720 kb floppy.  I tried using the drivparm=/d:1 command,
and I also tried using the driver.sys /d:1 in my config.sys, neither
one of them could get my XT to recognize the drive as 1.44.  The
card that I bought (mail order), claims to be a HD and low density
card, so I could run two drives off of it that were: 360K, 720K, 1.2 MB
and 1.44 MB.  The Drive (Also mail ordered) is a Toshiba.  The funny
thing is that I can read a 1.44 meg disk with data on it, fine, but
when I want to write to it, i.e. format, it is only recognized as a 720
kb floppy.  Any ideas as to what I can do and why this is happening?

Also I bought a clock/calendar replacement card and installed it, but
I need a program called timer.com, or some equivalent.  Any ideas of
any ftp sites to get this off of?  Thanks in advance.


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