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From: yon@apollo.COM (David Yon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: re: 3.5" on XT clone?
Message-ID: <41e2dea5.1042a@apollo.COM>
Date: 7 Mar 89 19:51:00 GMT
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Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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>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?

	Upgrade your DOS, preferably DOS 3.3.   As far as hardware goes,
you shouldn't need anything else.  I was able to run a 720K 3.5" drive
in tandem with my 360K 5.25" floppy on the same old XT controller.  You
just can't run 1.44M disks with it.  You can buy a 1.44M drive, but you
won't be able to take advantage of the higher density unless you get a
better controller (someone correct me if I'm wrong here).  So it might
be worth the extra money if you think you might pursue 1.44M in the
future.

David Yon