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From: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: adding 1.2MB drive to PC/XT-help!
Message-ID: <228@trwrc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 20:15:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: trwrc.228
Posted: Tue Sep 29 20:15:53 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Oct-87 21:26:01 EDT
References: <10494@beta.UUCP>
Reply-To: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew)
Organization: TRW/MEAD San Diego, Ca.
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Keywords: high density, XT, controller problems

In article <10494@beta.UUCP> dd@beta.UUCP (Dan Davison) writes:
>I have asked a local computer store if it is possible to add a 1.2 MB
>floppy drive to an IBM PC/XT (actually, it's an IBM PC Portable, which
>has the XT motherboard).  After about a month they tell me this is not
>possible.  I'm aware that I'll have to get a different controller card,
>but surely there is a 1.2MB floppy controller for the PC bus.  Does
>anyone have a high density floppy in an XT, and if so can you recommend a
>controller?
>
Nope! You don't have to get a new controller!
Weltec in Irvine makes a real nice 1.2M that just plugs in to your
existing controller for about $139. I use mine a lot.