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From: tim@doug.UUCP (Tim J Ihde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: High density drive in AT (not quad)
Message-ID: <435@doug.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 87 15:41:14 GMT
Organization: AT&T ISL - Somerset, NJ
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I am approaching my frustration limit w.r.t. trying to read and write
to high-density disks on my quad-density (96tpi) drive.  While I
get no error writing to hd disks, they can not then be read on
various xt's about.  Similarly, I am usually unable to read these disks
if written by xt's.

Ok, I know this has always been a flakey thing.  My next step was to
try to install a spare hd drive that I have had laying around for some
time (since I stuck a hard disk in by pc clone).  I was suprised to find 
that the mounting rails were wrong, and the connector seemed to be
in the wrong place.  This cannot be corrected without a reasonable amount
of effort, and I don't really want to muck about in there TOO much.

So, my question is:  is there a real internal difference between high density
disk drives as used in the standard PC models and those used by AT's ?
I don'really think this is likely, so my next question is whose bright idea was
it to change the rail/connector format - IBM or my manufacturer (not ibm) ??
These days floppys are not very expensive, but if I must go out and buy
another while leaving my spare in the closet I would like to know
who to thank, not to mention who I must buy it from.

		tim
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Tim J. Ihde					ihnp4!ctsmain!doug!tim
(201) 535-9897

Ok, we can all agree that this is my fault.