2.88 mb floppy drives

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Wed Dec 6 14:52:02 2000

Mike Ford skrev:

>>For no real sane reason I have the itch to put a 2.88 MB floppy drive in my
>>next otherwise fairly normal PC. Seems like the world is littered with 2.88
>>drives for the old PS/2, but I see nothing that works with a normal PC
>>floppy connection (although most if not all motherboards do support 2.88
>>and/or LS120). Any tips on finding a PC 2.88? Do they really need the ED
>>media?

>My guess is that being MCA they are PS/2 types, but maybe not. Thanks for
>checking.

How about the PS/1? These did have ED drives too, IIRC, but were AFAIK not
MCA.

>BTW isn't it nice that a lot of new games are for the PS2. ;)

No, I hate it. People seem to be talking about MCA machines all day long these
days, only resulting in disappointment when I mention my models 8070 or 8095.
=(

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Received on Wed Dec 06 2000 - 14:52:02 GMT

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