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From: optical@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" on XT clone?
Message-ID: <4007@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 89 00:47:08 GMT
References: <38129@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <38129@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, holly@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Joe Hollingsworth) writes:
> I have an IBM PC XT clone running PC DOS 3.10, what do I have to do to
> be able to hook up a 3.5" floppy drive to my machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
> 
> holly@cis.ohio-state.edu  or ...!{att,pyramid,killer}!cis.ohio-state.edu!holly

The main thing you need to do is upgrade your DOS to 3.20 or higher.
If you planning to install a 720K drive, this is it.
If you want to install a 1.44M/720K drive and want to use it to
work with both types of diskettes, then you need (if you don't
already have one) a new floppy controller which can handle the 
1.44MB floppies.

Qiwu Liu
Univ. of KS