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COLLECTIBLE MicroSolutions CompatiCard I PC XT 8-bit ISA Floppy Controller 87-89
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COLLECTIBLE MicroSolutions CompatiCard I PC XT 8-bit ISA Floppy Controller 87-89
Price: US $2345.99
COLLECTIBLE MicroSolutions CompatiCard I PC XT 8-bit ISA Floppy Controller 87-89.This is a very rare controller and highly sought after.The CompatiCard is a versatile floppy disk controller card for the IBM PC, XT, AT, and compatibles. The CompatiCard can be used as a direct replacement for the IBM PC/XT floppy disk controller. It also allows the use of a 5.25 inch drive (360KB, 800KB, or 1.2MB in any PC, XT, or AT), and possibly other computers. For use with 8\" Floppy Disk Drives, you will need a drive cable adapter. You can make an adapter cable yourself with some basic ribbon cable and a little work.List of features (from the manual):
  • This is a half-size direct replacement for the IBM PC and XT floppy disk controller.
  • Supports 8\" drives (but requires Uniform-PC for CP/M diskettes).
  • Supports both single and double density on all types of drives.
  • Support up to 4 drives.
  • Drives can be any combination of 5.25 inch (48 TPI, 96 TIP, or high capacity AT), 8 inch and 3.5 inch.
  • Up to 4 CompatiCards can be installed in a computer to support up to 16 floppy drives.
  • Can be used in computers that already have a built-in disk controller.
  • Supports 4 internally mounted drives or two internal and 2 external drives.

Table 3.2 (from the manual) lists:Drive Type Drive Description
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0 5.25 inch 48 TPI
1 5.25 inch 96 TPI
2 5.25 inch 96 TPI high capacity AT type
3 5.25 inch 96 TPI high capacity 300/360 dual speed
4 8 inch soft sector
5 3.5 inch 720K
6 3.5 inch 600 RPM 720K
7 3.5 inch high capacity 720K/1.4MIncludes:
  1. The floppy controller card itself.
  2. ORIGINAL manual (First edition September 1987).
  3. Additional documentation.
  4. ORIGINAL 5 1/4\" floppy disk with drivers (the disk is readable and I just made copies of the files onto another computer).
  5. A floppy drive cable that I made way back when. Cable is about 7\' long and the connectors are about 1\' apart.

This item is being sold as a COLLECTIBLE!!! Item may or may not work -- I have no way of testing the card. However it was working when pulled from my SWAN XT-10 years and years ago. The card is in good physical shape and has been stored in an anti-static bag all these years.If you have any questions, please ask.
This is being sold as a collectible and AS-IS.No refunds.No Returns.

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