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From: spock@sfsup.UUCP (+Giacchi T.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Floppy Controller for 3 Drives
Keywords: Controller quad
Message-ID: <5163@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 89 17:04:57 GMT
References: <1486@cod.NOSC.MIL>
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In article <1486@cod.NOSC.MIL> kiendra@cod.NOSC.MIL (Robert M. Kiendra) writes:
>
>Here is my problem:
>
>The most common controllers are the type that control 2 hard drives 
>and 2 floppy drives from one card. Two different stores told me that
>if I added another floppy controller card to drive the 3rd floppy 
>drive, there would be some sort of interaction between the two cont-
>rollers that would keep me from using the other 2 floppies.  i.e. All
>floppies have to be driven from one controller card.
>
>The best solution appears to be to buy a hard disk controller card and
>a quad floppy controller card to drive the three floppies. Now comes
>the rub.  The only quad floppy controllers I could find drive 2 internal
>floppies and 2 external floppies, not 4 internal floppies .
>
>					Bob Kiendra


There are floppy extender cards.   Most places sell them today.  One
such card is the Compaticard.  It adds 3rd & 4th floppies to the system.
It needs you to install the drivers.sys file in your config.sys and the
drives will be accessed as D: & E: (assuming that you have only 1 hard disk
or only one partition).  Otherwise they will be assigned after your last
hard disk driver letter.  Other such controllers exist.  Shop around, you
should find one.  If you can't, then let me know and I will find out
who makes the Compaticard and post it.


Good luck:


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