2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drive?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Sep 24 18:51:35 2002

At 02:15 PM 9/20/02 -0600, Will J wrote:
>Those drives must be from an IBM control unit, such as a 3174, since I know
>the drives in it say "1.4M" next to them.
>

   I assume that you mean 2.4M. I did some searching on the 3174 and option 1048 for them is a 2.4Mb drive so that looks like that's where they came from.

   Later I checked the drives closer and I found a disk in the one that I hadn't looked at. It looks like a standard 5 1/4" floppy disk. It had a plain white label on it with no brand name. The lable says "DISKETTE TYPE 2.4MB 3174 CONTROL", "LICENSED INTERNAL CODE - PROPERTY OF IBM", "MACHINE 3174 P/N 25F8499 E/C A78831 ML90095 MICROCODE LVL B2.0" etc etc so it appears that it's definitely for a 3174.

    Joe
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