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From: williamo@hpcupt1.HP.COM (William O'Saughnessy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3 1/2" Floppy Drives for PC/XT
Message-ID: <5930010@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Aug 88 17:11:19 GMT
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I have put both 720kb and 1.44mb 3.5" floppies on an XT.  I would 
recommend that your freind in Lincoln, Ne. stick with the 720kb
drives.  He should use MS-DOS 3.2 or greater and will need to read
the DOS manual on DRIVER.SYS.  1.44 is doable on an XT, but with
great difficulty.  He might want to buy the 1.44 drive;  it will
work at 720kb and is only $20.00 more expensive ie. $149 vs $129.
Who knows someday somebody might make it easy to achieve 1.44mb
on the XT.  Hardware recommendations are:  the Toshiba 3.5" 1.44mb
drive and the Jaemco XT-AT floppy controller card for $49.  This
card is specified to work at 360, 720 and 1.2mb and is probably
your best chance of getting 1.44 to work on the XT.

There are no guarantees for the above since every system seems to 
have slightly different Bios's.  Good Luck.

			     Bill O'Shaughnessy