2.88 mb floppy drives

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Wed Dec 6 15:07:45 2000

In a message dated 12/6/00 2:59:33 PM Central Standard Time, optimus_at_canit.se
writes:


> 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.
> (

minor correction; no PS/1 model ever came with ED drives. All of them except
for the very first models used standard 3.5 drives. Even so, all of the 85xx
series used 1.44 drives although I think a few models could use a 2.88 if so
equipped.

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