On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Mike Ford wrote:
> Can the 2.88 floppys used on alphaservers work on a PC?
> such as
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2735659907&category=162&rd=1
For direct "normal" connection, you need a "non-standard" disk controller
that supports a 1000K bits per second data transfer rate. There have been
some, and some PS/2's (IBM, NOT "Play Station"!) included support.
But those controllers are not very common.
Alternatively, MicroSolutions made a "Backpack" parallel port external
2.8M drive. I used one for many years.
I suppose that you COULD modify a 2.8M for 150RPM, ...
Received on Thu Jun 12 2003 - 14:07:20 BST