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Article #7Re: Wanted: used 3.5" floppy drive for XT
From: Kevin Lentin
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00
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Michael Page (map@hal.maths.monash.edu.au) wrote: > I'd like to try and get hold of a cheap 3.5" floppy drive for an > old XT computer (to fit in a standard 5.25" slot). Doesn't have > to be at all fancy, but I'd like to know it works as I'll be carrying > it across to Perth before I can try it out. > > Can anyone suggest a good place to get hold of such a dinosaur? > > I had thought of trying one of the swap meets, but it's hard to > be sure the thing actually works when buying there. (I'm willing > to pay a little more to be a little confident it's not a dud.) Your problem won't be the 3.5" floppy drive itself, it will be making an XT recognise it. I have no idea how you'd do that. -- [======================================================================] [ Kevin Lentin Email: K.Lentin@cs.monash.edu.au ] [ finger kevinl@fangorn.cs.monash.edu.au for PGP public key block. ] [ KeyId: 06808EED FingerPrint: 6024308DE1F84314 811B511DBA6FD596 ] [======================================================================]
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f49a9,fab8ffdd44d4bd3a X-Google-Attributes: gidf49a9,public X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,fab8ffdd44d4bd3a X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public From: kevinl@fangorn.cs.monash.edu.au (Kevin Lentin) Subject: Re: Wanted: used 3.5" floppy drive for XT Date: 1996/08/19 Message-ID: <4v8sd1$61@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 175035791 distribution: melb x-nntp-posting-user: kevinl references: <4v8oov$37b@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> followup-to: monash.general,aus.general organization: Monash University newsgroups: monash.general,aus.general