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Article #40967Re: Adding a 5.25" drive to a PS/2
From: Bruce Carlson
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 13:32
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 13:32
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In article <7542@hubcap.clemson.edu> philip@hubcap.clemson.edu (Philip L Harshman) writes: > >Failing this, does anyone know of any other cheap way to get an external 5.25" >drive attached to a PS/2 M55 SX? The M55 SX has a microchannel bus and has >no room for a B diskette drive so the external drive will have to have a >controller on its adapter card. >Philip Harshman uucp: ... !gatech!hubcap!philip The true blue IBM external 5 1/4 drives are expensive - about $400 for the drive and $65 for the adapter card. And this is only a 360k drive. A local (large) computer store advertises a couple of non-IBM external drives. I don't know anything about their quality or capabilities, but they may fit your needs. External Floppy Drives BSM (don't know what it stands for) 5 1/4 inch PS/2 1.2 MB $169 5 1/4 inch PS/2 360k $169 Pacific Rim 5 1/4 inch PS/2 360k $169 The local dealer is called Soft Warehouse (703) 749-4400. They also have stores in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, LA area and the San Franciso area. I have no connection with this dealer, other than as a customer. Bruce Carlson Mclean, VA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!drilex!axiom!linus!gateway.mitre.org!carlson From: carlson@gateway.mitre.org (Bruce Carlson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Adding a 5.25" drive to a PS/2 Keywords: ps/2 5.25 drive Message-ID: <85599@linus.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 90 13:32:11 GMT References: <7542@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: carlson@gateway.mitre.org (Bruce Carlson) Organization: The Mitre Corporation Lines: 32