2.88 MB floppy drive, scsi?

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Wed Oct 10 08:00:47 2001

It may be that they are hooked to a SCSI controller, many have floppy
controllers on the SCSI board. Only ones I've ever heard of, including the
PS/2 drives, are MFM like any other. LS-120 drives are IDE but they really
don't qualify in the same sense.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jim Tuck
-> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:38 AM
-> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
-> Subject: RE: 2.88 MB floppy drive, scsi?
->
->
-> Non-IBM, PS/2 floppy drives?? Isn't that an oxymoron?
->
-> What about the Mitsubishi drives made for IBM?
->
-> Jim
->
-> (Isn't misuse of grammar fun?)
->
-> On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:46 AM, Mike Ford
-> [SMTP:mikeford_at_socal.rr.com]
-> wrote:
-> > I've been looking for some 2.88 non-IBM PS/2 floppy drives, and I found
-> > some, but the guy says they are SCSI. Is that nuts or what?
-> >
-> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
-> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
-> > TEAC FD-235 J 610 W/SCSI Card
-> >
-> > Some of the HP/Apollo 725/50 computers I found recently had
-> SCSI floppies,
-> > but it looked like the SCSI part might be detachable. I wonder
-> if I should
-> > bother getting the above drives to work in a PC, which I would
-> have to fuss
-> > around adding SCSI to?
-> >
->
->
Received on Wed Oct 10 2001 - 08:00:47 BST