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From: finegan@uccba.UUCP (Mike Finegan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: AT&T 3b2 floppy drive
Message-ID: <1226@uccba.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Sep-87 20:59:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  7 20:59:44 1987
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Summary: Its around for 7300 ?

> > Is it possible to read/write IBM formatted DS/DD floppies using the 3b2
> > floppy drive? (40 cylinders, 9 sectors per track.) How about quad density
> > floppies?
> > 
> The drive will do it, but not without a special software driver.  I believe
> it costs around $400.  Perhaps someone out there on the net knows the
> name and vendor from whom the utility can be purchased ????

	I recently saw source code posted for doing this on the Unix PC.
When I have nothing better to do, I was thinking about trying to hack
the code (if possible) to run on the 3B2. Does anyone know if it requires
low-level routines that the 3B2 could not support?
				Mike Finegan
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