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From: gerardka@hobbes.ism.isc.com (Gerard Kam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 8inch floppy help needed
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.190657.8643@ism.isc.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 19:06:57 GMT
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In article <1991Jun28.165413.8640@mcs.kent.edu> toerting@kentvax.mcs.kent.edu (Tim Oerting) writes:
>I want to hook up an 8" drive to my '386 (no I don't need it..this is just
>for the heck of it). My problem is this: 
>	I have a CMOS setup which only allows me to specify 3.5 or 5.25"
>drives [unless I somehow set it up as a hard drive.. is this possible? 
	<stuff deleted>

	The 8" floppy has to connected to a floppy controller, so
	you cannot set it up as a hard drive.
	Perhaps the easiest thing to do is to use a floppy controller
	that supports the 8" drive.
	Try a CompatiCard IV from MicroSolutions Computer Products,
	(815) 756-3411.  I've never used one, but seen it written up
	in EDN magazine.

	Gerard