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From: burton@parcvax.Xerox.COM (Philip M. Burton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: 40 Meg hard drive in pc/AT, HELP!
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Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 02:02:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 30 02:02:14 1986
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I had a similar problem, trying to match a CDC 36 MB drive to my AT.  My 
solution was to get "DUB-14" from Golden Bow Systems, San Diego, CA.
(See their ads in the back pages of PC Week and other rags.)  For all o
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$95, I got two prom chips which plugged into the empty sockets on my
 motherboard and software that expanded the AT's drive type table from
 15 to over 50 drive types, with additional types being added.  It is very
likely that your drive will be supported.

Along with the software were installation notes for various removable hard
disks, and a special series of notes on patching Xenix 1.0 (S III) for
various non-standard drives.
 

A caveat.  

If you re-run IBM's SETUP program, you lose your hard disk until 
you rerun Golden Bow's setup program.

Also, you better be a bit adept with hardware installation.  Their 
instructions aren't for the faint-hearted.  However, their support was 
*excellent and friendly*.

No connection except as a satisfied customer, etc., etc., .etc.

Phil Burton
Xerox Corp.