PCjr with no disk drive?

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed Oct 28 20:05:36 1998

The disk drive was an option, like the hard drive on the XT. In my
PCjr manual, the disk drive manual is a separate booklet. The owner
was supposed to install it, I think. BTW, why is the PS/1 called that
if it came after the PS/2?
>drive, but instead a face plate covering the slot where the drive would
>go? I saw such a thing today and was curious if there were ever any
>PCjr's released without internal disk drives. Obviously this one was.
>
>The inside is rather bare as well. There is not the usual cards
inside.
>
>I also saw what looked to be a very small IBM computer. It had all the
>connectors on the back, for video, keyboard, printer. It also had two
>3.5" bays side by side in the front. The front cover was missing so I
>couldn't get any model number off it (not even on the label on the
>bottom). The only thing I saw on the label was "Type 2100". I'm
thinking
>it might be a PS/1 or something. It was really small, measuring about
12"
>wide by 3" high by 12" deep.
>
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