IBM 4869 5.25" floppy drive

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bbtel.com>
Date: Mon Sep 14 21:57:22 1998

Jason Willgruber wrote:

> The extra space (length) is the power supply. I also have one of those
> drives.

I don't have a schematic in front of me but the 4869 has it's own internal
power supply.

> > Anyway, I can't get it to work properly. It is probably a 360K drive
> mechanism,
> > and my PC (Philips 386SX AT clone) boots normally with this type of drive
> set
> > in the backup RAM.
>
> It was made to work with the XT, plugging into a special port on the disk
> controller card. Yes, it is a standard 360K drive.

Might be....there is also a 1.2mb version.

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