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From: gjs@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3 1/2 drive on MS-DOS 2.11
Message-ID: <149000017@inmet>
Date: 18 Jan 88 23:22:00 GMT
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Nf-From: inmet.UUCP!gjs    Jan 18 18:22:00 1988


> I just installed a 3 1/2 inch drive on my AT&T PC6300 in location B.
> Then I found that for it to run successfully under MS-DOS 2.11 I need a
> "third party software driver".  The store that sold me the drive did
> not know where to get one.  Does anyone?  

I am using such a driver under DOS 3.1.  It was written by:

   DATADISK                           505-579-4496
   P.O.Box 15313
   Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506

The driver can be patched to support just about any kind of floppy
drive; then you mention it in your CONFIG.SYS file.  Also included is
a disk formatting program, because DOS FORMAT below 3.2 won't work on
your new drive (I'll bet the store didn't tell you that either).

This is a one man operation; he was very helpful over the phone getting
my patches to work.  If he's gone out of business, try FLOPPY DISK
SYSTEMS, which sold me the driver along with the 3.5" disk drive.  They
advertise in the back of several PC magazines.

    --  George Snyder  --  Intermetrics, Inc.  --  gjs@inmet  --