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From: arh@bdaemon.UUCP (arh)
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Subject: Re: Multiple Hard Disks on the PC
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Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 10:34:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 28 10:34:32 1985
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> If I have a PC/XT with a 10 MByte hard drive, can I add other (perhaps
> external) hard drives?  Does DOS treat these drives as 'D:', etc.
> If this is possible, what is the limit or any restrictions on doing this.
> Thank you.
> Tom Igielski

The IBM (really Xebec) fixed-disk controller is cabable of
handling two hard disks, each of which may be 5, 10, 15, or 26
megabytes in formatted capacity.

My article in the March 1985 PC Tech Journal has some useful
pointers in it about converting old PCs to XT compatibilty.
Adding a second hard disk is not too much of a problem.  The
article is called "The Making of an XT".

Augie Hansen
Contributing Editor, PC Tech Journal
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