Jason,
No, the expansion chassis was an XT size box with nothing but a MB with
of card slots and a power supply. It connected to the main PC by a cable
and a card that plugged into a card slot.
I've never seen a PC type (non PS-2) type external drive from IBM but
they were probably available.
Joe
At 04:54 PM 4/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>O.K. I think I have it figured out. I'll have to either get a cable for
>the external drives (or make one). I was thinking that the 4869 was the
>drive that would be used with the 5170, but it isn't. Was there a drive box
>available from IBM for the 5150 (or was that the expansion chassis)?
>
>ThAnX,
>--
> -Jason Willgruber
> (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
> ICQ#: 1730318
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
><classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
>Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: IBM 5150 PC disk drive questions
>
>
>>Jason,
>>
>> The external cable had two connectors and a twist in it just like the
>>internal one.
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>At 01:29 PM 4/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>>According to the jumper settings on the 5150, it appears that 4 floppy
>>>drives can be connected to the computer. How is this possible? I'm
>>>guessing 2 internal, and two external, but there's only one connector for
>an
>>>external drive, so it would only allow 3 drives.
>>>Or is there a special controller that has dual external ports?
>>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>ThAnX,
>>>--
>>> -Jason Willgruber
>>> (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
>>> ICQ#: 1730318
>>><http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 05 1999 - 17:40:31 BST