Alphastation 255 question..

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Thu Oct 12 13:17:04 2000

>Hi All!
>
>Quick question. Does the Digital Alphastation 255 take a regular ( as in
>PC type ) floppy disk drive? Is there a special DEC FD drive I need to
>get? I have a part number for the FD from DEC but the part description
>doesn't tell me anything and the purchase price for the item is about
>what you would expect for a PC type floppy drive buying direct from a
>manufacturer.
>
>Any help is appreciated...
>
>Thanks...
>Mike N.

Does it have a SCSI connector or a floppy connector? Do you have the old
floppy? For that matter why do you actually need the floppy, there might
be ways of getting around using it.

The AlphaStation 200 and 255 are supposed to be a lot alike, I just popped
the hood on one of my 200's and it's got a RX23L, which looks a lot like a
normal PC floppy drive to me. I'd say if you've got one laying around give
it a try.

                        Zane
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