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From: yuichi@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Yuichi Shoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 1.2M or 1.44M drive for ATT6300?
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Date: 3 Jun 89 17:45:06 GMT
Reply-To: yuichi@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Yuichi Shoda)
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I have an older AT&T 6300 and am wondering if I can use a high capacity
floppy drive for it. Given the relatively low cost of blank diskettes, I
prefer to get a 5.25" 1.2M drive. But if that can't be done, can I use a
3.5" 1.44M drive?

The floppy controller is on the motherboard itself, so I can't replace it
with a newer controller easily. Can I disable it somehow and put in a new
controller?  I don't think it's possible but could it possibly be that all
I need is a device driver? Or, perhaps I can put in a contoller and consider
a new drive a third drive, in addition to the existing two that are contolled
by the controller-on-the-motherboard. 

I'd appreciate hearing from those of you who have done it, or those who
learned that it couldn't be done. 

Thanks!