Dec/Compaq 2.88 floppy drives

From: David Woyciesjes <dwoyciesjes_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu Jun 12 15:56:01 2003

Joe wrote:
>
> At 11:33 AM 6/12/03 -0700, you 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
> >
>
> I don't know about THAT particular 2.88 drive but some PCs support 2.88
> drives. Somewhere I have a couple of add-in FD controllers that have their
> own BIOS and they support the 2.88. And I've seen a 2.88 setting on a
> couple of motherboard BIOSs.
>
> I think that it would be hard to find disks for the 2.88 unless you want
> to buy them new. The disks are marked ED or EHD IIRC. I've been looking for
> them in the surplus/scrap places but only found ONE in 2 years.
>
> Joe

        Not exactly related, but I did manage to get my hands on a ThinkPad 755
with a 2.88 floppy in it...

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