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From: cww@ndmath.UUCP (Clarence W. Wilkerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1.44Mb 3.5" drive in XT clone?
Summary: Try WD Fox board
Message-ID: <1265@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 89 16:27:24 GMT
References: <19248@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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You need a new disk controller board, for example
the Western Digital Fox board. You'll need the one
with built-in BIOS rom to support the new drives. It
comes in either a 2 drive or 4 drive model. Depending on
the version of DOS being used, you may need a device driver.
I have not used the Toshiba 1.44. However, I have the 720K and 1.2k
versions, and they work fine. I have not used the wd card, but have seen it
advertised for about $60, and some generics for even less. The advice
about brands, etc sounds self-serving on the dealer's part to me.