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From: akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1.2 meg floppy on XT help
Message-ID: <25a10559:3539.5comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 90 23:00:13 GMT
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There are available (such as the Super Multi I/O Card, from Gems, Inc as
advertised in Computer Shopper) cards available for XT's that support any 2
drives in 360K,720K,1.2M, and 1.4 M  in 3.5 or 5.25 combinations, along with
clock, cal, 2 serial ports, but only 1 parallel port.  Cost me $65, and 2
tries (the first was Very heat sensitive) but for several months the card
has worked as advertised.  Your need a controller card that will support
HIGH density (1.2M and 1.4M floppies), AND IN ADDITION the computer's
ROM BIOS may need to be changed (my BIOS didn't support the 3.5 inch
floppy format, so I had to change in to an ERSO BIOS).