Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!yale!cmcl2!beta!dd
From: dd@beta.UUCP (Dan Davison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" drive for old PC-1 ?
Message-ID: <16855@beta.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 88 03:38:27 GMT
References: <797@agora.UUCP> <16800244@clio>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
Lines: 16
Summary: yes you can, no new controller needed (720Kb)

In article <16800244@clio>, berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> That's correct:  You'll have to buy another controller.  If you're
> 			Mike Berger

No.  If you want a 3.5" 720K drive, IBM (among others) sells one that runs off
the existing floppy controller.  I've got one.  The only requirement is that
you have DOS 3.2 for the DRIVER.SYS device driver.

However, if you want a 1.4 Meg microfloppy drive, yup, a new controller is
needed.

-- 
dan davison/theoretical biology/t-10 ms k710/los alamos national laboratory
los alamos, nm 875545/dd@lanl.gov (arpa)/dd@lanl.uucp(new)/..cmcl2!lanl!dd
"I think, therefore I am confused"