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From: int299s@monu3.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen McNamara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: XT h/disk controller in 286AT
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Date: 5 May 91 04:21:04 GMT
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   Having spent my last pennies on upgrading my XT to a 286 I found that
the AT hard disk controller I hsd bought didn't work. (The perils of public
auctions) I did however find that the XT controller would work if the
BIOS setup was set to drive type NONE. Since I have been told that an XT
controller cannot work in an AT machine I would like to know if any damage
could be caused by running the machine like this. The BIOS is AWARD v3.03
(I think), the controller is an unamed Taiwanese card and the drive is
an ST225.
   Thanks in advance.


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